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amod: adjectival modifier

Nouns may take adjectival modifiers, which are marked with the dependency type amod. It is also possible for an adjective to take another adjective as a modifier. (These adjectival modifiers are generally expressed with -ly adverbs in English.)

Tien vieressä on suuri kivi . \n Road next_to is large rock .
nmod(on-3, Tien-1)
adpos(Tien-1, vieressä-2)
nsubj(on-3, kivi-5)
amod(kivi-5, suuri-4)
punct(on-3, .-6)
poikkeuksellisen suuri kivi \n exceptional(ly) large rock
amod(suuri-2, poikkeuksellisen-1)
amod(kivi-3, suuri-2)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Finnish)

This relation is universal.

8865 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as amod.

8853 instances of amod (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.25956006768189.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/ADJ (8338; 94% instances), fi-pos/ADJ-fi-pos/ADJ (205; 2% instances), fi-pos/PROPN-fi-pos/ADJ (164; 2% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/VERB (29; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADV-fi-pos/ADJ (22; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/NOUN (19; 0% instances), fi-pos/X-fi-pos/ADJ (17; 0% instances), fi-pos/NUM-fi-pos/ADJ (12; 0% instances), fi-pos/VERB-fi-pos/ADJ (12; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/ADV (10; 0% instances), fi-pos/PRON-fi-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADV-fi-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADJ-fi-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/X (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/PROPN-fi-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/SYM-fi-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADJ-fi-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADP-fi-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/INTJ-fi-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/NUM-fi-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/PRON-fi-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/PROPN-fi-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).

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1	Se	se	PRON	Pron	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	sisäinen	sisäinen	ADJ	A	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	3	amod	_	_
3	lapseni	lapsi	NOUN	N	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Number[psor]=Sing|Person[psor]=1	6	nsubj	7:nsubj	_
4	ei	ei	VERB	V	Negative=Neg|Number=Sing|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	6	neg	_	_
5	vaan	vaan	ADV	Adv	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	suostu	suostua	VERB	V	Connegative=Yes|Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	katoamaan	kadota	VERB	V	Case=Ill|InfForm=3|Number=Sing|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	Punct	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Mielestäni	mieli	NOUN	N	Case=Ela|Number=Sing|Number[psor]=Sing|Person[psor]=1	7	nmod	_	_
2	Paavo	Paavo	PROPN	N	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	Westerbegin	Westerbeg	PROPN	N	Case=Gen|Number=Sing	2	name	_	_
4	teksti	teksti	NOUN	N	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	7	nsubj:cop	_	_
5	on	olla	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	7	cop	_	_
6	unettavan	unettava	ADJ	A	Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	7	amod	_	_
7	yksitoikkoinen	yksitoikkoinen	ADJ	A	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	Punct	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Uudelle	uusi	ADJ	A	Case=All|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
2	Saksalle	Saksa	PROPN	N	Case=All|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
3	annettiin	antaa	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	110	110	NUM	Num	NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	000	000	NUM	Num	NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	tonnin	tonni	NOUN	N	Case=Gen|Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kiintiö	kiintiö	NOUN	N	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	3	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	Punct	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Finnish-FTB)

This relation is universal.

6894 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as amod.

6793 instances of amod (99%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.17130838410212.

The following 21 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/ADJ (5813; 84% instances), fi-pos/ADJ-fi-pos/ADJ (454; 7% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/DET (204; 3% instances), fi-pos/PROPN-fi-pos/ADJ (137; 2% instances), fi-pos/ADV-fi-pos/ADJ (79; 1% instances), fi-pos/NUM-fi-pos/ADJ (72; 1% instances), fi-pos/PRON-fi-pos/ADJ (32; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADJ-fi-pos/DET (31; 0% instances), fi-pos/VERB-fi-pos/ADJ (25; 0% instances), fi-pos/X-fi-pos/X (21; 0% instances), fi-pos/X-fi-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), fi-pos/PROPN-fi-pos/X (5; 0% instances), fi-pos/DET-fi-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/PART-fi-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fi-pos/ADP-fi-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/NOUN-fi-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/NUM-fi-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/PROPN-fi-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fi-pos/VERB-fi-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	aurinko	aurinko	NOUN	N,Sg,Nom	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	armas	armas	ADJ	A,Sg,Nom	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	1	amod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	Pun	_	2	punct	_	_
4	kuivas	kuivata	VERB	V,Act,Ind,Past,Sg3	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Coll|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
5	satehen	sade	NOUN	N,Sg,Gen	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Style=Coll	4	dobj	_	_

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1	Vanhojen	vanha	ADJ	A,Pl,Gen	Case=Gen|Number=Plur	2	amod	_	_
2	dna-näytteiden	dna-näyte	NOUN	N,Pl,Gen	Case=Gen|Number=Plur	3	dobj	_	_
3	käsittely	käsittely	NOUN	N,Sg,Nom	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	6	nsubj:cop	_	_
4	on	olla	VERB	V,Act,Ind,Pres,Sg3	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	6	cop	_	_
5	äärimmäisen	äärimmäinen	ADJ	A,Sg,Gen	Case=Gen|Number=Sing	6	amod	_	_
6	vaikeata	vaikea	ADJ	A,Sg,Par	Case=Par|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	Pun	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	noo	noo	INTJ	Pcle,Interj	_	6	discourse	_	Alt=6_discourse
2	ne	ne	PRON	Pron,Dem,Pl,Nom	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:cop	_	_
3	o	olla	VERB	V,Act,Ind,Pres,Sg3	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Coll|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	6	cop	_	_
4	jottais	jokin	DET	Pron,Qnt,Sg,Par	Case=Par|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind|Style=Coll	6	det	_	_
5	semssi	semmoinen	DET	A,Dem,Pl,Par	Case=Par|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem|Style=Coll	6	amod	_	Alt=DET
6	sukulaissi	sukulainen	NOUN	N,Pl,Par	Case=Par|Number=Plur|Style=Coll	0	root	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	Pun	_	6	punct	_	_


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