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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects of a clause. Subjects are direct dependents of the main predicate of the clause, which may be a verb, noun or adjective.

Le plus jeune participant a gagné la course . \n The youngest participant won the race .
nsubj(gagné, participant)
Papa est malade . \n Dad is sick .
nsubj(malade, Papa)
Maman est une bonne cuisinière . \n Mom is a good cook .
nsubj(cuisinière, Maman)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

21135 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

20532 instances of nsubj (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.61268038798202.

The following 54 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (8151; 39% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (5940; 28% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (2211; 10% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (1038; 5% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (951; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (943; 4% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (790; 4% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (455; 2% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (105; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (84; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (73; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PROPN (65; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (57; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PROPN (40; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (28; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SYM (28; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NUM (25; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (17; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/X (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NOUN (14; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PRON (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SYM (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/SYM (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PART-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Elle	elle	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lutte	lutter	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pour	pour	ADP	_	_	4	mark	_	_
4	échapper	échapper	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	à	à	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	les	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tueurs	tueur	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	à	à	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	ses	son	DET	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	trousses	trousses	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

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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	Dieu	Dieu	PROPN	_	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	veuille	vouloir	AUX	_	Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	avoir	avoir	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	en	en	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
5	paix	paix	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	ton	son	DET	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	âme	âme	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	dobj	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


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