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iobj: indirect object

The indirect object (iobj) of a verb is any nominal phrase that is a core argument of the verb but is not its subject or direct object. As Basque is a language that distinguishes morphological cases, the indirect object is marked by the dative case.

Ikasleei esan zien arratsaldean ikasi behar zutela .

(He/she told the students that they needed to study in the evening .

Ikasleei esan zien arratsaldean ikasi behar zutela .\n Students_the_to told evening_the_in to_study needed_that

iobj(esan-2, Ikasleei-1)
aux(esan-2, zien-3)
nmod(esan-2, arratsaldean-4)
xcomp(behar_zutela-6, ikasi-5)
ccomp(esan-2, behar_zutela-6)
punct(esan-2, .-8)

Ahalegin haundia egin du guri geografia irakasten .

(He/she) has made a great effort teaching us geography .

Ahalegin haundia egin du guri geografia irakasten .\n  Effort great_a made has us geography teaching . 

amod(Ahalegin-1, haundia-2)
dobj(egin-3, Ahalegin-1)
aux(egin-3, du-4)
advcl(egin-3, irakasten-7)
dobj(irakasten-7, geografia-6)
iobj(irakasten-7, guri-5)
punct(egin-3, .-8)

Djukanovicek aldaketa handia eman dio bere ildo politikoari .

Djukanovic has given a big change to his political course .

Djukanovicek aldaketa handia eman dio bere ildo politikoari .\n Djukanovic change big_a given has his course political_to .

nsubj(eman-4, Djukanovicek-1)
dobj(eman-4, aldaketa-2)
amod(aldaketa-2, handia-3)
aux(eman-4, dio-5)
nmod(ildo-7, bere-6)
amod(ildo-7, politikoari-8)
iobj(eman-4, ildo-7)
punct(eman-4, .-9)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)

This relation is universal.

1022 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as iobj.

689 instances of iobj (67%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.73287671232877.

The following 17 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NOUN (668; 65% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PROPN (225; 22% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/DET (32; 3% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PRON (30; 3% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/VERB (19; 2% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/ADJ (13; 1% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NUM (9; 1% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NOUN (6; 1% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	Aurkariari	aurkari	NOUN	_	Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
2	dagokionez	egon	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[dat]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[dat]=3	6	advcl	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_
4	Feyenoord	Feyenoord	PROPN	_	_	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ez	ez	PART	_	Negative=Neg	6	neg	_	_
6	dago	egon	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3	0	root	_	_
7	bere	bera	DET	_	Case=Gen|Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
8	garairik	garai	ADJ	_	Case=Par|Definite=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
9	onenean	on	ADJ	_	Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Degree=Sup|Number=Sing	8	amod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Susanari	Susana	PROPN	_	Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	7	iobj	_	_
2	ere	ere	CONJ	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ez	ez	PART	_	Negative=Neg	4	neg	_	_
4	zirudien	iruditu	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3	0	root	_	_
5	asko	asko	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	axola	axola	NOUN	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	7	compound	_	_
7	zitzaionik	izan	VERB	_	_	4	ccomp	_	_
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Besteei	beste	DET	_	Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Number=Plur	2	iobj	_	_
2	esan	esan	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	zien	*edun	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[dat]=Plur|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[dat]=3|Person[erg]=3	2	aux	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_


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