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nsubj: nominal subject

A nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause.

Examples

Rachaidh abhaile `She will go home’

Rachaidh sí abhaile \n Will_go she home
nsubj(Rachaidh, sí)

In a copula construction, the nsubj is dependent on the predicate (in this case the noun réitigh ‘solution’).

Is réitigh sealadach iad `They are temporary solutions’

Is réitigh sealadach iad \n Is temporary solutions they
nsubj(réitigh, iad)
cop(réitigh, Is)

The head of an infinitival phrase can also be nsubj in a copula construction – in Irish, the infinitive verb form is a verbal noun.

Ar mhaith leat teach a cheannach ? ‘Would you like to buy a house?’

Ar mhaith leat teach a cheannach ? \n Is good with_you house to buy?
nsubj(mhaith, cheannach)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)

This relation is universal.

1625 nodes (7%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

1408 instances of nsubj (87%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.62892307692308.

The following 45 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NOUN (644; 40% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PRON (415; 26% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PART (185; 11% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PROPN (105; 6% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/NOUN (56; 3% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NOUN (55; 3% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PRON (37; 2% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/NOUN (22; 1% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/PRON (11; 1% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/X (9; 1% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PART (7; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/CONJ-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/CONJ-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/CONJ-ga-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/DET-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/DET-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PART-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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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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1	Níor	níor	PART	Vb	Negative=Neg|PartType=Vb|Tense=Past	2	neg	_	_
2	tháinig	tar	VERB	VI	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Negative=Neg|Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
3	sé	sé	PRON	Pers	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	PART	Ad	PartType=Ad	5	mark:prt	_	_
5	fóill	fóill	ADJ	Adj	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Bhí	bí	VERB	PastInd	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
2	ciúnas	ciúnas	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	millteanach	millteanach	ADJ	Adj	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
4	sa	i	ADP	Art	Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	case	_	_
5	halla	halla	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	xcomp:pred	_	_
6	mhór	mór	ADJ	Adj	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	amod	_	_
7	a	a	PART	Vb	PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bhí	bí	VERB	PastInd	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	chóir	cóir	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Form=Len|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	xcomp:pred	_	_
10	lán	lán	ADJ	Adj	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	amod	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_


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