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Dependencies

Note: nmod, neg, and punct appear in two places.

Core dependents of clausal predicates
Nominal dep Predicate dep
nsubj csubj
nsubjpass csubjpass
dobj ccomp xcomp
iobj
Non-core dependents of clausal predicates
Nominal dep Predicate dep Modifier word
nmod advcl advmod
    neg
Special clausal dependents
Nominal dep Auxiliary Other
vocative aux mark
discourse auxpass punct
expl cop
Noun dependents
Nominal dep Predicate dep Modifier word
nummod acl amod
appos   det
nmod   neg
Compounding and unanalyzed
compound mwe goeswith
name foreign
Coordination
conj cc punct
Case-marking, prepositions, possessive
case
Loose joining relations
list parataxis remnant
dislocated reparandum
Other
Sentence head Unspecified dependency
root dep

acl: clausal modifier of noun

The dependency relation acl stands for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a nominal.

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acl:relcl: acl:relcl

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advcl: adverbial clause modifier

advcl: adverbial clause modifier

An adverbial clause modifier is a clause which modifies a verb or other predicate (adjective, etc.), as a modifier not as a core complement. This includes things such as a temporal clause, consequence, conditional clause, purpose clause, etc. Also comparative constructions are annotated using dependency relation advcl.

Ta jooksis karjudes .
nsubj(jooksis-2, Ta-1)
advcl(jooksis-2, karjudes-3)
punct(jooksis-2, .-4)

He ran shouting.

Mulle pakuti süüa , kui õhtul koolist saabusin .
nmod(pakuti-2, Mulle-1)
xcomp(pakuti-2, süüa-3)
punct(saabusin-8,-4)
sconj(saabusin-8, kui-5)
advmod(saabusin-8, õhtul-6)
nmod(saabusin-8, koolist-7)
advcl(pakuti-2, saabusin-8)
punct(saabusin-8, .-9)

I was offered something to eat, when I arrived from school in the evening

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advmod: adverbial modifier

Adverbial modifier advmod is an adverbial modifying an adverb, a verb, an adjective or a nominal.

jooksis väga kiiresti
advmod(kiiresti-3, väga-2)
advmod(jooksis-1, kiiresti-3)

ran very quickly

Kass nägi ka koera .
nsubj(nägi-2, Kass-1)
advmod(koera-4, ka-3)
dobj(nägi-2, koera-4)
punct(nägi-2, .-5)

The cat saw also the dog.

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advmod:quant: advmod:quant

This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation for advmod:quant.

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amod: adjectival modifier

An adjectival modifier of a noun is any adjectival phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the noun.

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appos: appositional modifier

An appositional modifier is a noun preceding or following the head noun that serves to define or modify that noun. Note that appositions can be both right- and left-headed in Estonian UD.

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aux: auxiliary

An auxiliary of a clause is a non-main verb of the clause, e.g., a modal auxiliary, or an auxiliary in a periphrastic tense. ‘olema’ and in rare occasions ‘saama’ are auxiliaries that form periphrastic tense forms. In the current version of Estonain UD, only ‘saama’, ‘võima’, ‘pidama’, ‘näima’, ‘paistma’, ‘tunduma’ are regarded as modal auxiliaries.

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auxpass: passive auxiliary

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case: case marking

case: case marking

The case relation is used to annotate prepositions and postpositions. Case-marking elements (i.e. adpositions) are treated as dependents of the noun they attach to.

Rüütel läks lossi juurde .
nsubj(läks-2, Rüütel-1)
nmod(läks-2, lossi-3)
case(lossi-3, juurde-4)
punct(läks-2, .-5)

Knight went near the castle.

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cc: coordinating conjunction

A cc is the relation between the first conjunct and the coordinating conjunction delimiting another conjunct.

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cc:preconj: cc:preconj

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ccomp: clausal complement

A clausal complement of a verb or adjective is a dependent clause which is a core argument.

Ma usun , et kõik läheb hästi.
nsubj(usun-2, Ma-1)
punct(usun-2, ,-3)
mark(läheb-6, et-4)
nsubj(läheb-6, kõik-5)
ccomp(usun-2, läheb-6)
advmod(läheb-6, hästi-7)
punct(usun-2, .-8)

I beleive, that everything goes well.

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compound: compound

The dependency relation compound is used for annotating numbers written with several words or several sequences of digits or combinations of them.

60 000
compound(60-1, 000-2)
~~

~~~sdparse
kaks tuhat
compound(kaks-1, tuhat-2)

two thousand

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compound:prt: compound:prt

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conj: conjunct

A conjunct is the relation between two elements connected by a coordinating conjunction. Coordinated elements can be words, phrases or clauses. The head of the relation is the first conjunct and all the other conjuncts depend on it via the conj relation.

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cop: copula

A copula is the relation between the complement of a copular verb and the copular verb. ‘olema’ is the only copular verb in Estonian UD. The predicative is the head of the copular clause, and also the governor of the cop dependency.

Kass on triibuline . 
nsubj:cop (triibuline-3, Kass-1)
cop (triibuline-3, on-2)
punct (triibuline-3, .-4) 

Cat is striped

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csubj: clausal subject

A clausal subject is a clausal syntactic subject of a clause. Both finite and non-finite clauses can act as clausal subjects.

Mulle meeldib mõelda .
nmod(meeldib-2, mulle-1)
csubj(meeldib-2, mõelda-3)
punct(meeldib-2, .-4)

I like to think.

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csubj:cop: csubj:cop

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csubjpass: clausal passive subject

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dep: unspecified dependency

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det: determiner

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discourse: discourse element

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dislocated: dislocated elements

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dobj: direct object

In Estonian, a direct object can be a noun in singular or plural nominative case, singular genitive case or singular or plural partitive case.

Kass nägi koera .
nsubj(nägi-2, Kass-1)
dobj(nägi-2, koera-3)
punct(nägi-2, .-4)

The cat saw the dog.

Öö jooksul olid hundid kolm lammast maha murdnud .
nmod(murdnud-8, Öö-1)
case(Öö-1,jooksul-2)
aux(murdnud-8,olid-3)
nsubj(murdnud-8,hundid-4)
nummod(lammast-6,kolm-5)
dobj(murdnud-8,lammast-6)
compound:prt(murdnud-8,maha-7)
punct(murdnud-8,.-9)

The wolves had killed three sheep during the night.

1 Hommikul  hommik  NOUN  _ _ 2 nmod  _ _
2 püüdis  püüdma  VERB  _ _ 0 root  _ _
3 kass  kass  NOUN  _ _ 2 nsubj _ _
4 kinni kinni ADV _ _ 2 compound:prt  _ _
5 kena  kena  ADJ _ _ 7 amod  _ _
6 paksu paks  ADJ _ _ 7 amod  _ _
7 hiire hiir  NOUN  _ _ 2 dobj  _ _
8 . . PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ _

In the morning, the cat caught a nice fat mouse.

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expl: expletive

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foreign: foreign words

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goeswith: goes with

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iobj: indirect object

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list: list

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mark: marker

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mwe: multi-word expression

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name: name

The dependency relation name is used for proper nouns constituted of multiple nominal elements. Note that names are right-headed in Estonian UD.

Arvo Pärt
name(Pärt-2, Arvo-1)

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neg: negation modifier

The negation modifier is the relation between a negation word and the word it modifies.

Words ‘ei’, ‘ära’ and ‘ärge’ as parts of negative verb form are annotated using this relation.

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nmod: nominal modifier

The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers. They depend either on another noun (group “noun dependents”) or on a predicate (group “non-core dependents of clausal predicates”). They can occur alone or together with an adposition in an adpositional phrase.

Rüütel läks lossi .
nsubj(läks-2, Rüütel-1)
nmod(läks-2, lossi-3)
punct(läks-2, .-4)

Knight went into the castle.

Rüütel läks lossi juurde .
nsubj(läks-2, Rüütel-1)
nmod(läks-2, lossi-3)
case(lossi-3, juurde-4)
punct(läks-2, .-5)

Knight went near the castle.

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nmod:poss: nmod:poss

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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects of the non-copular clause.

Kass nägi koera .  
nsubj (nägi-2, Kass-1)
dobj (nägi-2, koera-3)
punct (nägi-2, .-4)

The cat saw the dog.

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nsubj:cop: nsubj:cop

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nsubjpass: passive nominal subject

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nummod: numeric modifier

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parataxis: parataxis

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punct: punctuation

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remnant: remnant in ellipsis

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reparandum: overridden disfluency

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root: root

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vocative: vocative

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xcomp: open clausal complement

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