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dobj: direct object

The dobj label is used to mark the relationship between a verb and its direct object.

Examples

Bhailigh siad eolas ‘They collected information

Bhailigh siad eolas \n Collected they information
dobj(Bhailigh, eolas)

Note that the object of an infinitival phrase occurs before the infinitive form (Verbal Noun), despite Irish being a VSO language.

eolas a chur ar fáil ‘to make information available’

eolas a chur ar fáil \n information to put at available
dobj(chur, eolas)

Impersonal/autonomous verbs are used to create phrases similar to the English passive. However, unlike English, the object does not become the subject of this verb form, and remains labelled as dobj.

An lá a cuireadh é ‘The day he was buried’

An lá a cuireadh é \n The day [] was_buried he
dobj(cuireadh, é)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)

This relation is universal.

863 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

503 instances of dobj (58%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.6234067207416.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NOUN (348; 40% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NOUN (257; 30% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PART (106; 12% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PRON (73; 8% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PRON (27; 3% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PROPN (11; 1% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/X (6; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PROPN (5; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PART (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PART-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Seasadh	seas	VERB	VTI	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|Voice=Auto	0	root	_	_
2	leis	le	ADP	Simp	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	diúltú	diúltú	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	nuair	nuair	SCONJ	Subord	_	7	mark	_	_
6	a	a	PART	Vb	PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel	7	mark:prt	_	_
7	rinne	déan	VERB	VTI	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	1	advcl	_	_
8	sé	sé	PRON	Pers	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	nsubj	_	_
9	achomharc	achomharc	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	dobj	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Tabharfadsa	tabharfads	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	náire	náire	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	dobj	_	_
3	fén	faoi	ADP	Art	Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	case	_	_
4	bpoll	poll	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Form=Ecl|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	dóibh	do	ADP	Prep	Number=Plur|Person=3	1	nmod:prep	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Seo	seo	VERB	Cop	PronType=Dem|VerbForm=Cop	0	root	_	_
2	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	xcomp:pred	_	_
4	a	a	PART	Vb	PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel	5	dobj	_	_
5	chonaic	feic	VERB	VTI	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	1	csubj:cleft	_	_
6	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bhean	bean	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_


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