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nsubjpass: passive nominal subject

A passive nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a passive clause.

Dole was defeated by Clinton
nsubjpass(defeated, Dole)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

1369 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as nsubjpass.

1332 instances of nsubjpass (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.85098612125639.

The following 11 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubjpass: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (680; 50% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (527; 38% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (107; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (12; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (11; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (9; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (8; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances).

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1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubjpass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	auxpass	_	_
7	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:npmod	_	_
3	later	later	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubjpass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	auxpass	_	_
7	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Capt.	Capt.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Spastic	Spastic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Demented	Demented	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubjpass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	auxpass	_	_
7	located	locate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
10	<	<	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	>	>	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

415 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as nsubjpass.

412 instances of nsubjpass (99%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.13012048192771.

The following 11 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubjpass: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (192; 46% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (166; 40% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (32; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (11; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (3; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
3	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	6	nsubj	_	_
5	_	_	AUX	MD	_	6	aux	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
7	_	_	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	xcomp	_	_
9	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	dobj	_	_
11	_	_	ADV	WRB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	15	nsubjpass	_	_
13	_	_	AUX	MD	_	15	aux	_	_
14	_	_	AUX	VB	_	15	auxpass	_	_
15	_	_	VERB	VBN	_	10	acl	_	_
16	_	_	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	_	_	DET	DT	_	18	det	_	_
18	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	15	nmod	_	_
19	_	_	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	_	_	DET	DT	_	21	det	_	_
21	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	18	nmod	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_

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

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1	_	_	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	AUX	MD	_	5	aux	_	_
4	_	_	VERB	VB	_	5	cop	_	_
5	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	10	nsubj	_	_
8	_	_	AUX	MD	_	10	aux	_	_
9	_	_	VERB	VB	_	10	cop	_	_
10	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	5	advcl	_	_
11	_	_	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	13	compound	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	nmod	_	_
14	_	_	DET	WDT	_	17	nsubjpass	_	_
15	_	_	AUX	VBZ	_	17	aux	_	_
16	_	_	AUX	VBN	_	17	auxpass	_	_
17	_	_	VERB	VBN	_	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	_	_	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	20	amod	_	_
20	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	17	nmod	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

518 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as nsubjpass.

515 instances of nsubjpass (99%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.84942084942085.

The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubjpass: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (333; 64% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (146; 28% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (33; 6% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (3; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	The	_	DET	DEF	_	3	det	_	_
2	converted	_	ADJ	PASS	_	3	amod	_	_
3	data	_	NOUN	PL	_	6	nsubjpass	_	_
4	will	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	6	aux	_	_
5	be	_	AUX	INF	_	6	auxpass	_	_
6	displayed	_	VERB	PASS	_	0	root	_	_
7	as	_	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
8	Mom	_	NOUN	SG	_	10	amod	_	_
9	's	_	PART	GEN	_	8	case	_	_
10	Boston	_	PROPN	SG	_	12	compound	_	_
11	Crab	_	NOUN	SG	_	10	name	_	_
12	Meat	_	NOUN	SG	_	6	nmod	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	It	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	4	nsubjpass	_	_
2	's	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	4	auxpass	_	_
3	even	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	_	VERB	PASS	_	0	root	_	_
5	out	_	ADV	_	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	_	PRON	PERS-P2	_	4	nmod	_	_
8	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Office	_	PROPN	SG	_	3	nsubjpass	_	_
2	2002	_	NUM	ID	_	1	nummod	_	_
3	installed	_	VERB	PASS	_	0	root	_	_
4	on	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
5	computer	_	NOUN	SG	_	3	nmod	_	_


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