expl:pass

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`expl:pass`: expletive passive

The relation expl:pass is a sub-class of expl, specific for the passivizing use of the clitic si. We can have this construction only for transitive verbs at the 3° singular or plural person form. The verb comes with the clitic pronoun, which does not cover any syntactic or semantic role of the verb. The role of subject is played by the syntactic object, which becomes a passive subject (nsubjpass).



  
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Fra quattro giorni si aprirà il Salone internazionale di l' automobile
expl:pass(aprirà, si)
nsubjpass(aprirà, Salone)
{
    "text": "Fra quattro giorni si aprirà il Salone internazionale di l' automobile ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 12, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 19, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 22, 28 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 29, 31 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T7", "token", [ [ 32, 38 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T8", "token", [ [ 39, 53 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T9", "token", [ [ 54, 56 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T10", "token", [ [ 57, 59 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T11", "token", [ [ 60, 70 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "expl:pass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "nsubjpass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T7" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
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Si puniscano i praticanti stregnoni .
expl:pass(puniscano, Si)
nsubjpass(puniscano, praticanti)
{
    "text": "Si puniscano i praticanti stregnoni . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 3, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 15, 25 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 26, 35 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 36, 37 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "expl:pass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-R2", "nsubjpass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

This relation is a language-specific subtype of expl. There are also 1 other language-specific subtypes of expl: expl:impers.

376 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl:pass.

337 instances of expl:pass (90%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.2313829787234.

The following 1 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl:pass: VERB-PRON (376; 100% instances).



  
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# visual-style 7	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7	fgColor:white
# visual-style 8	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 8	fgColor:white
# visual-style 8 7 expl:pass	color:blue
1	La	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lana	lana	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	è	essere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	una	uno	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fibra	fibra	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	che	che	PRON	PR	PronType=Rel	8	nsubjpass	_	_
7	si	si	PRON	PC	Person=3|PronType=Clit	8	expl:pass	_	_
8	tinge	tingere	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	molto	molto	ADV	B	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	facilmente	facilmente	ADV	B	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	5	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "DET", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "NOUN", [ [ 3, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "VERB", [ [ 8, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "DET", [ [ 10, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "NOUN", [ [ 14, 19 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "PRON", [ [ 20, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "PRON", [ [ 24, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "VERB", [ [ 27, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "ADV", [ [ 33, 38 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "ADV", [ [ 39, 49 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "PUNCT", [ [ 50, 51 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-A1", "Definite", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Def" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A2", "Gender", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Fem" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A3", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A4", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Art" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A5", "Gender", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Fem" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A6", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A7", "Mood", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A8", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A9", "Person", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "3" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A10", "Tense", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A11", "VerbForm", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A12", "Definite", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A13", "Gender", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Fem" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A14", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A15", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Art" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A16", "Gender", "embedded-3-S1-T5", "Fem" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A17", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T5", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A18", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T6", "Rel" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A19", "Person", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "3" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A20", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "Clit" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A21", "Mood", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A22", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A23", "Person", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "3" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A24", "Tense", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A25", "VerbForm", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "Fin" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R0", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R1", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R2", "cop", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R3", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R4", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R5", "nsubjpass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R6", "expl:pass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R7", "acl:relcl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T8" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R8", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T10" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T9" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R9", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T10" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R10", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T11" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: il" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: RD" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: lana" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: S" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: essere" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: V" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: uno" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: RI" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: fibra" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: S" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: che" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: PR" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: si" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: PC" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: tingere" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: V" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: molto" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: B" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: facilmente" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: B" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: FS" ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "expl:pass" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ],
    "text": "La lana è una fibra che si tinge molto facilmente .",
    "error": false
}

expl:pass: expletive passive

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

`expl:pass`: expletive passive