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nummod: numeric modifier

A numeric modifier of a noun is any number phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the noun with a quantity.

Sam ate 3 sheep
nummod(sheep, 3)
Sam spent forty dollars
nummod(dollars, forty)
Sam spent $ 40
nummod($, 40)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

2934 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as nummod.

2074 instances of nummod (71%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.49488752556237.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nummod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (1919; 65% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (482; 16% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (247; 8% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (84; 3% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (56; 2% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (34; 1% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/X (32; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (16; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (13; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (11; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/X (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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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	Darin	Darin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	name	_	_
2	Fisher	Fisher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	dobj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	25	25	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
10	2005	2005	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	5250	5250	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	Deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	Directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	you	PRON	PRP$	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	PayPal	PayPal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

528 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as nummod.

485 instances of nummod (92%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.14393939393939.

The following 11 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nummod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (462; 88% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (35; 7% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (20; 4% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	_	_	PRON	DT	_	4	nmod	_	_
3	_	_	AUX	MD	_	4	aux	_	_
4	_	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
5	_	_	DET	DT	_	6	det	_	_
6	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	4	dobj	_	_
7	_	_	DET	WDT	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	_	_	NUM	CD	_	10	nummod	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	8	dobj	_	_
11	_	_	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	nmod	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	NUM	CD	_	8	nsubj	_	_
2	_	_	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	1	nmod	_	_
5	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	4	appos	_	_
7	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	0	root	_	_
9	_	_	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	_	_	VERB	VB	_	8	xcomp	_	_
11	_	_	DET	DT	_	13	det	_	_
12	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	13	amod	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	dobj	_	_
14	_	_	DET	WDT	_	15	nsubj	_	_
15	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	_	_	SYM	$	_	15	dobj	_	_
17	_	_	NUM	CD	_	16	nummod	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	_	_	DET	DT	_	4	det	_	_
3	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	4	amod	_	_
4	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	nsubj	_	_
5	_	_	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	_	_	DET	DT	_	7	det	_	_
7	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	4	nmod	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	10	cop	_	_
9	_	_	DET	DT	_	10	det	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	0	root	_	_
11	_	_	DET	WDT	_	14	nsubj	_	_
12	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	14	cop	_	_
13	_	_	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	_	_	NUM	CD	_	16	nummod	_	_
16	_	_	PROPN	NNP	_	14	appos	_	_
17	_	_	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	_	_	NUM	CD	_	14	nmod	_	_
19	_	_	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	_	_	NUM	CD	_	14	nmod	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

398 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as nummod.

302 instances of nummod (76%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.48492462311558.

The following 10 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nummod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (326; 82% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (34; 9% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (16; 4% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (5; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (4; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NUM (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (3; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (3; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	There	_	PRON	EX	_	3	expl	_	_
2	would	_	AUX	PAST-AUX	_	3	aux	_	_
3	be	_	VERB	INF	_	12	ccomp	_	_
4	a	_	DET	IND-SG	_	5	det	_	_
5	charge	_	NOUN	SG	_	3	nsubj	_	_
6	of	_	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
7	thirty	_	NUM	CARD-PL	_	8	nummod	_	_
8	cents	_	NOUN	PL	_	5	nmod	_	_
9	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	3	punct	_	_
10	he	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	_	12	nsubjpass	_	_
11	was	_	AUX	PAST	_	12	auxpass	_	_
12	told	_	VERB	PASS	_	0	root	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	12	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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1	It	_	PRON	PERS-SG	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	's	_	VERB	PRES	_	0	root	_	_
3	two	_	NUM	CARD-PL	_	2	nmod	_	_
4	to	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	_	NUM	CARD-SG	_	3	nummod	_	_
6	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	2	punct	_	_
7	bottom	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	_	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	_	DET	DEF	_	10	det	_	_
10	ninth	_	ADJ	ORD	_	7	amod	_	_
11	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_


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