dobj: direct object
A direct object is a nominal which is the (accusative) object of the verbal predicate.
Il mange un sandwich . \n He eats a sandwich .
dobj(mange, sandwich)
The dobj relation is also used for a reflexive pronoun in pronominal verb when the pronoun is a direct object of the verb. When the grammatical relation of the pronoun is not a direct object nor an indirect object (as in se douter “to suspect”), the pronoun gets analyzed as expl.
Il se lave . \n He washes himself .
dobj(lave, se)
Treebank Statistics (UD_French)
This relation is universal.
15035 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
11321 instances of dobj (75%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.21097439308281.
The following 30 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (10300; 69% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (3862; 26% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (690; 5% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SYM (56; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NUM (26; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/X (16; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).
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1 Les le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art 2 det _ _
2 compagnies compagnie NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _
3 aériennes aérien ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 amod _ _
4 à à ADP _ _ 6 case _ _
5 bas bas ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 amod _ _
6 coût coût NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _
7 ne ne PART _ _ 8 neg _ _
8 connaissent connaître VERB _ Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
9 pas pas ADV _ _ 8 neg _ _
10 la le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 11 det _ _
11 crise crise NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 dobj _ _
12 . . PUNCT _ _ 8 punct _ _
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1 Pourquoi pourquoi ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ _
2 , , PUNCT _ _ 1 punct _ _
3 mais mais CONJ _ _ 1 cc _ _
4 pourquoi pourquoi ADV _ _ 1 advmod _ _
5 Le le PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 dobj _ _
6 bénirais bénir VERB _ Mood=Cnd|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
7 -je je PRON _ Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _
8 ? ? PUNCT _ _ 6 punct _ _
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1 Elle elle PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _
2 y y PRON _ _ 3 iobj _ _
3 incarnera incarner VERB _ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
4 la le DET _ Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 5 det _ _
5 Poussette Poussette PROPN _ _ 3 dobj _ _
6 de de ADP _ _ 7 case _ _
7 Manon Manon PROPN _ _ 5 nmod _ _
8 peu peu ADV _ _ 10 det _ _
9 de un DET _ Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 mwe _ _
10 temps temps NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _
11 après après ADV _ _ 10 advmod _ _
12 . . PUNCT _ _ 3 punct _ _
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