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root: root

The root grammatical relation points to the root of the sentence. A fake node “ROOT” is used as the governor. The ROOT node is indexed with “0”, since the indexation of real words in the sentence starts at 1.

ROOT I love French fries .
root(ROOT, love)
ROOT Bill is an honest man
root(ROOT, man)

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

16300 nodes (7%) are attached to their parents as root.

16300 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.52680981595092.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/VERB (9285; 57% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/NOUN (2745; 17% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADJ (1669; 10% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PROPN (1406; 9% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/NUM (272; 2% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADV (249; 2% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/X (238; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/INTJ (127; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PRON (119; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PUNCT (86; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/SYM (54; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/DET (26; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/AUX (16; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PART (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances).

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1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	AP	AP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Excerpt	excerpt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	folks	folks	NOUN	UH	_	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

5124 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as root.

5124 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.34445745511319.

The following 13 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/VERB (3733; 73% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADJ (732; 14% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/NOUN (510; 10% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PROPN (51; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADV (31; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/NUM (31; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PRON (15; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/AUX (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/INTJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	PRON	EX	_	2	expl	_	_
2	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	0	root	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	5	det	_	_
4	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	amod	_	_
5	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VB	_	5	acl	_	_
8	_	_	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	12	nsubj	_	_
12	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	2	advcl	_	_
13	_	_	PART	RB	_	12	neg	_	_
14	_	_	VERB	VB	_	12	xcomp	_	_
15	_	_	PRON	NN	_	14	dobj	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	5	cop	_	_
4	_	_	PART	RB	_	5	neg	_	_
5	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	_	_	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	xcomp	_	_
9	_	_	DET	PRP$	_	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	dobj	_	_
11	_	_	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	13	compound	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	nmod	_	_
14	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
15	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
16	_	_	DET	DT	_	18	det	_	_
17	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	18	compound	_	_
18	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	20	nsubj	_	_
19	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	20	cop	_	_
20	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	conj	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	DET	DT	_	2	det	_	_
2	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	0	root	_	_
3	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	_	_	DET	DT	_	5	det	_	_
5	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	2	parataxis	_	_
7	_	_	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	_	_	NUM	CD	_	6	nmod	_	_
9	_	_	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	nmod	_	_
12	_	_	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	CD	_	11	nmod	_	_
14	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
15	_	_	ADV	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
16	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	17	nsubj	_	_
17	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	21	advcl	_	_
18	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	21	nsubj	_	_
19	_	_	AUX	MD	_	21	aux	_	_
20	_	_	PART	RB	_	21	neg	_	_
21	_	_	VERB	VB	_	6	conj	_	_
22	_	_	DET	DT	_	23	det	_	_
23	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	21	dobj	_	_
24	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
25	_	_	DET	DT	_	26	det	_	_
26	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	_	_	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	30	nsubj	_	_
29	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	30	cop	_	_
30	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	21	advcl	_	_
31	_	_	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	33	punct	_	_
32	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	33	nsubj	_	_
33	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	30	parataxis	_	_
34	_	_	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	_	_	NUM	CD	_	33	nmod	_	_
36	_	_	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	33	punct	_	_
37	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

4564 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as root.

4564 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.3648115687993.

The following 13 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/VERB (3596; 79% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/NOUN (483; 11% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADJ (289; 6% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PRON (62; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/AUX (43; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PROPN (38; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADV (21; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/NUM (15; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/INTJ (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances).

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1	Linking	_	VERB	ING	_	0	root	_	_
2	a	_	DET	IND-SG	_	3	det	_	_
3	page	_	NOUN	SG	_	1	dobj	_	_
4	to	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	_	DET	IND-SG	_	7	det	_	_
6	connection	_	NOUN	SG	_	7	compound	_	_
7	file	_	NOUN	SG	_	1	nmod	_	_

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1	About	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
2	ANSI	_	PROPN	SG	_	5	name	_	_
3	SQL	_	PROPN	SG	_	2	name	_	_
4	query	_	NOUN	SG	_	5	compound	_	_
5	mode	_	NOUN	_	_	0	root	_	_

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1	Filters	_	NOUN	PL	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	_	VERB	PRES	_	3	cop	_	_
3	additive	_	ADJ	POS	_	0	root	_	_
4	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_


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