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amod: adjectival modifier

An adjectival modifier of an NP is any adjectival phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the NP.

Examples

tíortha forbathadeveloped countries’

tíortha forbatha \n countries developed
amod(tíortha, forbatha)

Baineann na prionsabail chéanna leis ‘The same principles apply’

Baineann na prionsabail chéanna leis \n Relate the principles same with_it
amod(prionsabail, chéanna)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)

This relation is universal.

708 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as amod.

692 instances of amod (98%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.85875706214689.

The following 14 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADJ (609; 86% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADJ (29; 4% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/ADJ (27; 4% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/ADJ (17; 2% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NOUN (5; 1% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/ADJ (5; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/X (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Maidin	maidin	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	thirim	tirim	ADJ	Adj	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	amod	_	_
3	fhionnuar	fionnuar	ADJ	Adj	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	amod	_	_
4	a	a	PART	Vb	PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel	5	mark:prt	_	_
5	bhí	bí	VERB	PastInd	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	1	csubj:cleft	_	_
6	ann	i	ADP	Prep	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	5	xcomp:pred	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Sásta	sásta	ADJ	Adj	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	ar	ar	ADP	Simp	_	3	case	_	_
3	deireadh	deireadh	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	Punct	_	5	punct	_	_
5	glacaim	glac	VERB	VT	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres	0	root	_	_
6	sos	sos	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	dobj	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Ar	ar	ADP	Simp	_	2	case	_	_
2	ndóigh	dóigh	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Form=Ecl|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
3	bhí	bí	VERB	PastInd	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
4	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tír	tír	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	suaite	suaite	ADJ	Adj	VerbForm=Part	3	xcomp:pred	_	_
7	go_leor	go_leor	ADJ	Adj	_	6	amod	_	_
8	i_rith	i_rith	ADP	Cmpd	PrepForm=Cmpd	10	case	_	_
9	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	am	am	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	seo	seo	DET	Det	PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
12	go	go	PART	Ad	PartType=Ad	13	mark:prt	_	_
13	léir	léir	ADJ	Adj	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_


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