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dobj: direct object

The direct object of a verb is the second most core argument of a verb after the subject. Typically, it is the noun phrase that denotes the entity acted upon or which undergoes a change of state or motion (the proto-patient).

In general, if there is just one object, it should be labeled dobj, regardless of the morphological case or semantic role that it bears. If there are two or more objects, one of them should be dobj and the others should be iobj. In such cases it is necessary to decide what is the most directly affected object (patient). The one exception is when there is a clausal complement. Then the clausal complement is regarded as a “clausal direct object” and an object nominal will be an iobj.

Note that oblique pronouns are tagged as iobj.


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)

This relation is universal.

11408 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

10090 instances of dobj (88%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.5890603085554.

The following 46 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: VERB-NOUN (8114; 71% instances), VERB-PRON (1926; 17% instances), VERB-PROPN (810; 7% instances), VERB-SYM (120; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (96; 1% instances), VERB-NUM (69; 1% instances), VERB-DET (60; 1% instances), ADV-NOUN (41; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (37; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (19; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (16; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (13; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (9; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (8; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (7; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (6; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (5; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (4; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (4; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (4; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (4; 0% instances), ADJ-PROPN (3; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (3; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (3; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (2; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (2; 0% instances), VERB-CONJ (2; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), ADP-PRON (1; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (1; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (1; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (1; 0% instances), DET-ADV (1; 0% instances), DET-PRON (1; 0% instances), DET-PROPN (1; 0% instances), DET-SYM (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (1; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NUM-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PROPN-SYM (1; 0% instances), SYM-PROPN (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-Bosque)

This relation is universal.

9134 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

7766 instances of dobj (85%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.27468797897964.

The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: VERB-NOUN (6463; 71% instances), VERB-PRON (2039; 22% instances), VERB-PROPN (363; 4% instances), VERB-ADJ (61; 1% instances), VERB-NUM (49; 1% instances), VERB-SYM (38; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (28; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (22; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (18; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (12; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (11; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (4; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (2; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (1; 0% instances), DET-PROPN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (1; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (1; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (1; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (1; 0% instances), PROPN-SYM (1; 0% instances), VERB-DET (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-BR)

This relation is universal.

11067 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

10117 instances of dobj (91%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.1160206017891.

The following 30 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: VERB-NOUN (8940; 81% instances), VERB-PRON (1310; 12% instances), VERB-PROPN (628; 6% instances), VERB-NUM (46; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (33; 0% instances), VERB-PART (26; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (15; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (10; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (9; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (7; 0% instances), VERB-X (6; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (5; 0% instances), VERB-CONJ (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (4; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (3; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (3; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (2; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (2; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (2; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (1; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (1; 0% instances), CONJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (1; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PART (1; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (1; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (1; 0% instances), VERB-DET (1; 0% instances), X-PRON (1; 0% instances).


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