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root: root

The root grammatical relation points to the root of the sentence. A fake node ROOT is used as the governor.

ROOT Minä pidän oluesta .
root(ROOT, pidän)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Finnish)

This relation is universal.

13581 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as root.

13581 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.2401884986378.

The following 14 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/VERB (10257; 76% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/NOUN (1876; 14% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/ADJ (867; 6% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/ADV (186; 1% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/PROPN (166; 1% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/PRON (114; 1% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/NUM (46; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/INTJ (27; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/X (14; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/SYM (11; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/AUX (8; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/CONJ (3; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances).

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1	Saavuin	saapua	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
2	siis	siis	ADV	Adv	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	kaupunkiin	kaupunki	NOUN	N	Case=Ill|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	kameraryhmäni	kamera#ryhmä	NOUN	N	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Number[psor]=Sing|Person[psor]=1	1	nmod	_	_
5	kanssa	kanssa	ADP	Adp	AdpType=Post	4	case	_	_
6	jo	jo	ADV	Adv	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	ennen	ennen	ADP	Adp	AdpType=Prep	8	case	_	_
8	yhtätoista	yksi#toista	NUM	Num	Case=Par|Number=Sing|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	Punct	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Eräs	eräs	PRON	Pron	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj:cop	_	_
2	suosikkijutuistani	suosikki#juttu	NOUN	N	Case=Ela|Number=Plur|Number[psor]=Sing|Person[psor]=1	1	nmod	_	_
3	oli	olla	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	9	cop	_	_
4	tämä	tämä	PRON	Pron	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
5	vihreän	vihreä	ADJ	A	Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	8	amod	_	_
6	ja	ja	CONJ	C	_	5	cc	_	_
7	keltaisen	keltainen	ADJ	A	Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	5	conj	8:amod	_
8	värinen	värinen	ADJ	A	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	9	amod	_	_
9	kesämekko	kesä#mekko	NOUN	N	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Punct	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	On	olla	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	cop	_	_
2	kyllä	kyllä	ADV	Adv	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	kiva	kiva	ADJ	A	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	Punct	_	7	punct	_	_
5	kun	kun	SCONJ	C	_	7	mark	_	_
6	tuolla	tuolla	ADV	Adv	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sai	saada	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	csubj:cop	_	_
8	hipelöidä	hipelöidä	VERB	V	InfForm=1|Number=Sing|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	7	xcomp	_	_
9	kaikkea	kaikki	PRON	Pron	Case=Par|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Punct	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:)	:)	SYM	Symb	_	3	discourse	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Finnish-FTB)

This relation is universal.

18723 nodes (12%) are attached to their parents as root.

18723 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.52037600811836.

The following 11 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/VERB (14082; 75% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/NOUN (2510; 13% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/ADJ (1577; 8% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/PRON (165; 1% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/PROPN (161; 1% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/ADV (91; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/PART (42; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/INTJ (37; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/NUM (36; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/X (15; 0% instances), fi-pos/ROOT-fi-pos/SCONJ (7; 0% instances).

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1	ei	ei	VERB	V,Neg,Act,Sg3	Negative=Neg|Number=Sing|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	neg	_	_
2	voi	voida	VERB	V,Act,Ind,Pres,ConNeg	Connegative=Yes|Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	aux	_	_
3	ajatellakhaa	ajatella	VERB	V,Act,InfA,Lat,Kaan	Case=Lat|Clitic=Kaan|InfForm=1|Style=Coll|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	varhmaan	varmaan	PART	Pcle	Style=Coll	3	advmod	_	_
5	että	että	SCONJ	Pcle,CS	_	9	mark	_	_
6	ne	ne	PRON	Pron,Dem,Pl,Nom	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj:cop	_	_
7	ikinä	ikinä	ADV	Adv	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	olis	olla	VERB	V,Act,Cond,Sg3	Mood=Cnd|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Coll|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	9	cop	_	_
9	vakinaisia	vakinainen	ADJ	A,Pl,Par	Case=Par|Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	Pun	_	9	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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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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