vocative: vocative
The vocative relation is used to mark dialogue participant addressed
in text (common in emails and newsgroup postings). The relation links
the addressee’s name to its host sentence.
Guys , take it easy!
vocative(take, Guys)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
154 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
87 instances of vocative (56%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.18831168831169.
The following 17 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (44; 29% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (40; 26% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (15; 10% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (11; 7% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (10; 6% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (9; 6% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (6; 4% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (6; 4% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/DET (2; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (2; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances).
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1 Malach Malach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _
3 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _
4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _
5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _
6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
7 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
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1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _
2 Morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _
3 Debra Debra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _
4 - - PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Welcome welcome INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _
2 Darin Darin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
16 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
8 instances of vocative (50%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.3125.
The following 5 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (11; 69% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 13% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 6% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 6% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 6% instances).
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1 _ _ VERB VB _ 0 root _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 1 dobj _ _
3 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 4 compound _ _
4 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 1 vocative _ _
5 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 4 name _ _
6 _ _ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _
7 _ _ CONJ CC _ 1 cc _ _
8 _ _ INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _
9 _ _ VERB VB _ 1 conj _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 dobj _ _
11 _ _ ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _
12 _ _ PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 _ _ INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _
2 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 7 vocative _ _
3 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
4 _ _ PRON WDT _ 7 nsubj _ _
5 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 cop _ _
6 _ _ DET DT _ 7 det _ _
7 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
8 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 nsubj _ _
9 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 acl:relcl _ _
10 _ _ VERB VBD _ 9 xcomp _ _
11 _ _ ADP IN _ 13 case _ _
12 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 13 nmod:poss _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 10 nmod _ _
14 _ _ ADP IN _ 17 case _ _
15 _ _ DET DT _ 17 det _ _
16 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 17 amod _ _
17 _ _ NOUN NN _ 10 nmod _ _
18 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
19 _ _ CONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _
20 _ _ ADV WRB _ 23 advmod _ _
21 _ _ PRON PRP _ 23 nsubj _ _
22 _ _ AUX MD _ 23 aux _ _
23 _ _ VERB VB _ 30 advcl _ _
24 _ _ DET DT _ 25 det _ _
25 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 dobj _ _
26 _ _ ADP IN _ 28 case _ _
27 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 28 nmod:poss _ _
28 _ _ NOUN NN _ 25 nmod _ _
29 _ _ ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _
30 _ _ VERB VBP _ 7 conj _ _
31 _ _ DET DT _ 35 det _ _
32 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _
33 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 35 compound _ _
34 _ _ PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _
35 _ _ NOUN NN _ 30 dobj _ _
36 _ _ PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _
37 _ _ PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _
38 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 39 amod _ _
39 _ _ NOUN NN _ 30 nmod:npmod _ _
40 _ _ ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _
41 _ _ PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _
42 _ _ CONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _
43 _ _ PRON PRP _ 45 nsubj _ _
44 _ _ AUX MD _ 45 aux _ _
45 _ _ VERB VB _ 30 conj _ _
46 _ _ DET DT _ 47 det _ _
47 _ _ NOUN NN _ 45 dobj _ _
48 _ _ ADP IN _ 51 case _ _
49 _ _ DET DT _ 51 det _ _
50 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 51 amod _ _
51 _ _ NOUN NN _ 47 nmod _ _
52 _ _ PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ VERB VBD _ 14 advcl _ _
4 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 dobj _ _
5 _ _ ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _
6 _ _ NOUN NN _ 3 vocative _ _
7 _ _ ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
8 _ _ PRON PRP _ 6 nmod _ _
9 _ _ PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 14 nsubj _ _
11 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 14 cop _ _
12 _ _ DET DT _ 14 det _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 14 compound _ _
14 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
15 _ _ CONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _
16 _ _ PRON PRP _ 17 nsubj _ _
17 _ _ VERB VBD _ 14 conj _ _
18 _ _ DET DT _ 19 det _ _
19 _ _ NOUN NN _ 17 dobj _ _
20 _ _ ADP IN _ 23 case _ _
21 _ _ DET DT _ 23 det _ _
22 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 compound _ _
23 _ _ NOUN NN _ 19 nmod _ _
24 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 25 amod _ _
25 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 nmod:tmod _ _
26 _ _ PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
94 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
50 instances of vocative (53%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 4.71276595744681.
The following 14 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (41; 44% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (23; 24% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (9; 10% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (5; 5% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (4; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (4; 4% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances).
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1 Good _ ADJ POS _ 2 amod _ _
2 Lord _ NOUN SG _ 5 vocative _ _
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 2 punct _ _
4 I _ PRON PERS-P1SG-NOM _ 5 nsubj _ _
5 've _ VERB PRES _ 0 root _ _
6 no _ DET NEG _ 7 neg _ _
7 idea _ NOUN SG _ 5 dobj _ _
8 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 5 punct _ _
9 I _ PRON PERS-P1SG-NOM _ 11 nsubj _ _
10 'm _ VERB PRES _ 11 cop _ _
11 sure _ ADJ POS _ 5 conj _ _
12 he _ PRON PERS-P3SG-NOM _ 13 nsubj _ _
13 has _ VERB PRES _ 5 ccomp _ _
14 n't _ PART NEG _ 13 neg _ _
15 either _ ADV _ _ 13 advmod _ _
16 . _ PUNCT Period _ 5 punct _ _
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1 May _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 3 aux _ _
2 I _ PRON PERS-P1SG-NOM _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 take _ VERB INF _ 0 root _ _
4 your _ PRON P2-GEN _ 5 nmod:poss _ _
5 coats _ NOUN PL _ 3 dobj _ _
6 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 5 punct _ _
7 Mr _ NOUN SG _ 10 compound _ _
8 and _ CONJ _ _ 7 cc _ _
9 Mrs _ NOUN SG _ 7 conj _ _
10 Mason _ PROPN SG _ 3 vocative _ _
11 ? _ PUNCT QuestionMark _ 3 punct _ _
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1 Madam _ NOUN SG _ 2 compound _ _
2 President _ NOUN SG _ 9 vocative _ _
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 2 punct _ _
4 there _ PRON EX _ 9 expl _ _
5 has _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 9 aux _ _
6 clearly _ ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ _
7 been _ AUX PERF _ 9 cop _ _
8 a _ DET IND-SG _ 9 det _ _
9 misunderstanding _ NOUN SG _ 0 root _ _
10 . _ PUNCT Period _ 9 punct _ _
vocative in other languages: [bg] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fr] [ga] [he] [hu] [it] [ja] [ko] [sv] [u]