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iobj: indirect object

The indirect object of a (verbal) predicate is the nominal which is the dative object of the verb. The relation iobj is used for objects that are not direct objects. It occurs only when there is a dobj or ccomp in the clause.

She gave me a raise
iobj(gave, me)

Note that prepositional phrases are not considered core arguments in English, hence in she gave it to me, the to me part is attached as nmod although semantically it corresponds to the dative.


Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

460 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.

460 instances of iobj (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.16086956521739.

The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (389; 85% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (46; 10% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (22; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	Catriona	Catriona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	dobj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	PR	pr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	_	3	neg	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	these	these	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

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1	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	Microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	dobj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

207 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.

204 instances of iobj (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.07729468599034.

The following 4 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (190; 92% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (14; 7% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	_	_	DET	DT	_	3	det	_	_
3	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
4	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	0	root	_	_
7	_	_	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
9	_	_	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
11	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	conj	_	_
13	_	_	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	16	amod	_	_
16	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	12	nmod	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
19	_	_	AUX	VBP	_	21	aux	_	_
20	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	21	nsubj	_	_
21	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	parataxis	_	_
22	_	_	PRON	NN	_	23	nsubj	_	_
23	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	21	ccomp	_	_
24	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	23	iobj	_	_
25	_	_	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
26	_	_	PRON	NN	_	23	dobj	_	_
27	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	DET	DT	_	2	det	_	_
2	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	5	cop	_	_
4	_	_	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	5	nmod	_	_
8	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
9	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	10	nsubj	_	_
10	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	5	conj	_	_
11	_	_	DET	DT	_	12	det	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	10	iobj	_	_
13	_	_	DET	DT	_	15	det	_	_
14	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	15	amod	_	_
15	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	dobj	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	_	_	DET	WDT	_	19	nsubjpass	_	_
18	_	_	AUX	VBD	_	19	auxpass	_	_
19	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	_	_	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	19	nmod	_	_
22	_	_	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	_	_	DET	DT	_	24	det	_	_
24	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	19	nmod	_	_
25	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	_	_	DET	DT	_	3	det	_	_
3	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	11	nmod	_	_
4	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	_	_	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	xcomp	_	_
9	_	_	PRON	NN	_	8	dobj	_	_
10	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	11	nsubj	_	_
11	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	0	root	_	_
12	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	14	expl	_	_
13	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	14	cop	_	_
14	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	11	ccomp	_	_
15	_	_	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	_	_	VERB	VB	_	14	csubj	_	_
17	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	16	iobj	_	_
18	_	_	DET	DT	_	19	det	_	_
19	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	16	dobj	_	_
20	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

66 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.

62 instances of iobj (94%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.39393939393939.

The following 3 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (43; 65% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (18; 27% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (5; 8% instances).

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1	I	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	_	VERB	PAST	_	0	root	_	_
3	him	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	_	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	_	DET	IND-SG	_	6	det	_	_
5	good	_	ADJ	POS	_	6	amod	_	_
6	evening	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	dobj	_	_
7	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Quinn	_	PROPN	SG	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reached	_	VERB	PAST	_	0	root	_	_
3	into	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	_	PRON	P3SG-GEN	_	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pocket	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	_	CONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	_
7	gave	_	VERB	PAST	_	2	conj	_	_
8	the	_	DET	DEF	_	9	det	_	_
9	man	_	NOUN	SG	_	7	iobj	_	_
10	a	_	DET	IND-SG	_	11	det	_	_
11	dollar	_	NOUN	SG	_	7	dobj	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	I	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	hardly	_	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	know	_	VERB	INF	_	0	root	_	_
4	myself	_	PRON	RFL-P1SG	_	3	dislocated	_	_
5	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
6	Quinn	_	PROPN	SG	_	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gave	_	VERB	PAST	_	3	conj	_	_
8	Auster	_	PROPN	SG	_	7	iobj	_	_
9	an	_	DET	IND-SG	_	11	det	_	_
10	honest	_	ADJ	POS	_	11	amod	_	_
11	look	_	NOUN	SG	_	7	dobj	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	7	punct	_	_


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