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nsubj: nominal subject

Nominal subjects (typically a postpositional phrase with a case marker “が” or sometimes with は / wa).

太郎 が 走る 。 \n Taro NOM runs .
nsubj(走る, 太郎)
case(太郎, が)
punct(走る, 。)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Japanese-KTC)

This relation is universal.

10905 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

10905 instances of nsubj (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 8.05621274644658.

The following 35 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/NOUN (7287; 67% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NOUN (1325; 12% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/NOUN (1264; 12% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/PROPN (426; 4% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/PRON (152; 1% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PRON (72; 1% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PROPN (63; 1% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/NOUN (52; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/VERB (44; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/NOUN (26; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/VERB (23; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/NOUN (22; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/PRON (21; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/CONJ (18; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/PROPN (17; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADJ (15; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NUM (12; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/VERB (10; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/NUM (8; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), ja-pos/CONJ-ja-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), ja-pos/INTJ-ja-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/PART-ja-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 6 2 nsubj	color:blue
1	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	2	compound	_	Offset=0-3
2	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	6	nsubj	_	Offset=3-4
3	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	2	case	_	Offset=4-5
4	_	_	ADJ	ADJ	_	6	iobj	_	Offset=5-8
5	_	だ	AUX	AUX	_	4	aux	_	Offset=8-9
6	_	為る	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=9-10
7	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	6	aux	_	Offset=10-11
8	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	6	punct	_	Offset=11-12

# visual-style 11	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 11	fgColor:white
# visual-style 14	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 14	fgColor:white
# visual-style 14 11 nsubj	color:blue
1	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	3	nmod	_	Offset=0-2
2	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	1	case	_	Offset=2-3
3	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	23	nmod	_	Offset=3-5
4	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	3	punct	_	Offset=5-6
5	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	dep	_	Offset=6-8
6	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nsubj	_	Offset=8-10
7	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	6	case	_	Offset=10-11
8	_	無い	ADJ	ADJ	_	21	dep	_	Offset=11-13
9	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	8	punct	_	Offset=13-14
10	_	_	NUM	NUM	_	11	nummod	_	Offset=14-15
11	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	14	nsubj	_	Offset=15-16
12	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	11	case	_	Offset=16-17
13	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	14	compound	_	Offset=17-19
14	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	dep	_	Offset=19-20
15	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	14	punct	_	Offset=20-21
16	_	_	NUM	NUM	_	17	nummod	_	Offset=21-22
17	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	nsubj	_	Offset=22-23
18	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	17	case	_	Offset=23-24
19	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	20	compound	_	Offset=24-25
20	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	compound	_	Offset=25-27
21	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	23	nmod	_	Offset=27-28
22	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	21	dep	_	Offset=28-29
23	_	分かる	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=29-32
24	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	23	aux	_	Offset=32-33
25	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	23	punct	_	Offset=33-34

# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 8	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 8	fgColor:white
# visual-style 8 6 nsubj	color:blue
1	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	3	nmod	_	Offset=0-2
2	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	1	case	_	Offset=2-3
3	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	23	nmod	_	Offset=3-5
4	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	3	punct	_	Offset=5-6
5	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	dep	_	Offset=6-8
6	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nsubj	_	Offset=8-10
7	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	6	case	_	Offset=10-11
8	_	無い	ADJ	ADJ	_	21	dep	_	Offset=11-13
9	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	8	punct	_	Offset=13-14
10	_	_	NUM	NUM	_	11	nummod	_	Offset=14-15
11	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	14	nsubj	_	Offset=15-16
12	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	11	case	_	Offset=16-17
13	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	14	compound	_	Offset=17-19
14	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	dep	_	Offset=19-20
15	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	14	punct	_	Offset=20-21
16	_	_	NUM	NUM	_	17	nummod	_	Offset=21-22
17	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	nsubj	_	Offset=22-23
18	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	17	case	_	Offset=23-24
19	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	20	compound	_	Offset=24-25
20	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	compound	_	Offset=25-27
21	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	23	nmod	_	Offset=27-28
22	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	21	dep	_	Offset=28-29
23	_	分かる	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=29-32
24	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	23	aux	_	Offset=32-33
25	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	23	punct	_	Offset=33-34


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