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amod: adjectival modifier

Nouns may take adjectival modifiers, which are marked with the dependency type amod. Most of the adjectives appear after the noun they modify, though some of them may appear before.

Epaiketa horrek kezka handia piztu du .

That trial has caused a big concern .

Epaiketa horrek kezka handia piztu du . \n Trial that concern big_a caused has .

nsubj(piztu-5, Epaiketa-1)
det(Epaiketa-1, horrek-2)
amod(kezka-3, handia-4)
dobj(piztu-5, kezka-3)
aux(piztu-5, du-6)
punct(piztu-5, .-7)

Mutikoak heldu ditun dantzaldira atorra urdin argi batekin .

The boys have arrived to the ball with a light blue shirt .

Mutikoak heldu ditun dantzaldira atorra urdin argi batekin . \n Boys_the arrived have ball_the_to shirt blue light one_with .

nsubj(Mutikoak-1, heldu-2)
aux(heldu-2, ditun-3)
nmod(heldu-2, dantzaldira-4)
nmod(heldu-2, atorra-5)
amod(atorra-5, urdin-6)
amod(urdin-6, argi-7)
det(atorra-5, batekin-8)
punct(heldu-2, .-9)

Azkeneko 400 metroak minutu batean osatu zituen Derartu Tuluk .

Derartu Tulu made the last 400 meters in one minute .

Azkeneko 400 metroak minutu batean osatu zituen Derartu Tuluk . \n Last 400 meters_the minute one_in made Derartu Tulu .

amod(metroak-3, Azkeneko-1)
nummod(metroak-3, 400-2)
nobj(osatu-6, metroak-3)
nmod(osatu-6, minutu-4)
nummod(minutu-4, batean-5)
aux(osatu-6, zituen-7)
name(Derartu-8, Tuluk-9)
nsubj(osatu-6, Derartu-8)
punct(osatu-6, .-10)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)

This relation is universal.

4190 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as amod.

3017 instances of amod (72%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.07398568019093.

The following 17 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/ADJ (3462; 83% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NUM (539; 13% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/ADJ (67; 2% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/ADJ (35; 1% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/NUM (28; 1% instances), eu-pos/ADP-eu-pos/NUM (24; 1% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/NUM (6; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/SYM-eu-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Athleticek	Athletic	PROPN	_	Case=Erg|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	presio	presio	NOUN	_	_	4	dobj	_	_
3	itzela	itzel	ADJ	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
4	pairatu	pairatu	VERB	_	VerbForm=Part	5	xcomp	_	_
5	beharko	behar_izan	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
6	du	*edun	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3	5	aux	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Bigarren	bigarren	NUM	_	NumType=Ord	2	amod	_	_
2	marrazkian	marrazki	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
3	agertzen	agertu	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
4	den	izan	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3	3	aux	_	_
5	muntaia	muntaia	NOUN	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	6	dobj	_	_
6	egizu	egin	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Imp|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Plur|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=1	0	root	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Bestetik	beste	DET	_	Case=Abl|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	7	advmod	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_
3	Ormaetxea	Ormaetxea	PROPN	_	_	6	nsubj	_	_
4	gipuzkoarra	gipuzkoar	ADJ	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	3	amod	_	_
5	oso	oso	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	berria	berri	ADJ	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	da	izan	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3	6	cop	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_


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