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nmod: nominal modifier

The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers. They depend either on another noun (group “noun dependents”) or on a predicate (group “non-core dependents of clausal predicates”).

nmod is a noun (or noun phrase) functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct. This means that it functionally corresponds to an adverbial when it attaches to a verb, adjective or other adverb. But when attaching to a noun, it corresponds to an attribute, or genitive complement (the terms are less standardized here).

We differentiate adverbials realized by noun phrases or adpositional phrases (nmod as in “Na noite passada, eu nadei”) from adverbials realized as adverbs (advmod as in “Ontem, eu nadei”).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)

This relation is universal.

26988 nodes (12%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

24794 instances of nmod (92%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.09026233881725.

The following 82 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: NOUN-NOUN (11407; 42% instances), VERB-NOUN (5789; 21% instances), NOUN-PROPN (4087; 15% instances), VERB-PROPN (1098; 4% instances), PROPN-NOUN (722; 3% instances), ADJ-NOUN (631; 2% instances), PROPN-PROPN (558; 2% instances), ADV-NOUN (472; 2% instances), NUM-NOUN (367; 1% instances), VERB-PRON (316; 1% instances), PRON-NOUN (221; 1% instances), SYM-NOUN (195; 1% instances), ADJ-PROPN (133; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (133; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (115; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (98; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (67; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (50; 0% instances), VERB-DET (40; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (39; 0% instances), NUM-PROPN (37; 0% instances), DET-PROPN (32; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (31; 0% instances), SYM-SYM (31; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (30; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (29; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (19; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (19; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (18; 0% instances), ADP-PROPN (17; 0% instances), CONJ-NOUN (14; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (14; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (13; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (13; 0% instances), SYM-PRON (12; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (11; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (11; 0% instances), PROPN-SYM (8; 0% instances), SYM-PROPN (8; 0% instances), ADV-SCONJ (6; 0% instances), DET-ADP (6; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (6; 0% instances), ADJ-SCONJ (4; 0% instances), DET-PRON (4; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (3; 0% instances), ADP-SYM (3; 0% instances), NOUN-PART (3; 0% instances), PRON-SCONJ (3; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (3; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (2; 0% instances), ADJ-SYM (2; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (2; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (2; 0% instances), NUM-DET (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (2; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (2; 0% instances), PUNCT-NOUN (2; 0% instances), VERB-NUM (2; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (1; 0% instances), ADP-ADJ (1; 0% instances), ADV-DET (1; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADV-SYM (1; 0% instances), CONJ-PROPN (1; 0% instances), DET-SYM (1; 0% instances), INTJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-CONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-INTJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (1; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (1; 0% instances), NUM-PART (1; 0% instances), NUM-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), PART-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (1; 0% instances), PRON-SYM (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-PRON (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-PROPN (1; 0% instances), SYM-ADP (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (1; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (1; 0% instances), X-NOUN (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-Bosque)

This relation is universal. There are 2 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:npmod, nmod:tmod.

32705 nodes (14%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

29332 instances of nmod (90%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.03351169545941.

The following 69 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: NOUN-NOUN (11968; 37% instances), VERB-NOUN (8679; 27% instances), NOUN-PROPN (3116; 10% instances), PROPN-PROPN (2180; 7% instances), VERB-PROPN (1618; 5% instances), ADV-NOUN (658; 2% instances), ADJ-NOUN (657; 2% instances), VERB-PRON (529; 2% instances), VERB-ADP (509; 2% instances), VERB-NUM (321; 1% instances), NOUN-NUM (291; 1% instances), PROPN-NOUN (266; 1% instances), NUM-NOUN (239; 1% instances), PRON-NOUN (232; 1% instances), NOUN-ADJ (152; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (138; 0% instances), ADJ-PROPN (124; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (116; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (98; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (80; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (69; 0% instances), SYM-NOUN (55; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (49; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (48; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (46; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (44; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (43; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (42; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (37; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (27; 0% instances), NUM-PROPN (26; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (21; 0% instances), ADJ-NUM (20; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (18; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (18; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (17; 0% instances), DET-PROPN (15; 0% instances), SYM-SYM (14; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (11; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (10; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (10; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (8; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (8; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (8; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (6; 0% instances), PRON-NUM (6; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (6; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (5; 0% instances), SYM-PROPN (5; 0% instances), DET-NUM (4; 0% instances), DET-PRON (4; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (4; 0% instances), ADJ-SYM (3; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (3; 0% instances), PROPN-SYM (3; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (3; 0% instances), ADP-PRON (2; 0% instances), ADP-PROPN (2; 0% instances), ADV-VERB (2; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (2; 0% instances), SYM-NUM (2; 0% instances), ADV-SYM (1; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), INTJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), INTJ-PRON (1; 0% instances), NUM-SYM (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-NOUN (1; 0% instances), SYM-PRON (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-BR)

This relation is universal.

49908 nodes (17%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

45742 instances of nmod (92%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.72653682776308.

The following 92 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: NOUN-NOUN (15447; 31% instances), VERB-NOUN (12632; 25% instances), NOUN-PROPN (5538; 11% instances), VERB-PROPN (3369; 7% instances), PROPN-PROPN (3197; 6% instances), VERB-NUM (881; 2% instances), PROPN-NUM (849; 2% instances), ADJ-NOUN (816; 2% instances), NOUN-VERB (777; 2% instances), NOUN-NUM (735; 1% instances), VERB-VERB (660; 1% instances), ADV-NOUN (636; 1% instances), VERB-PRON (543; 1% instances), PROPN-NOUN (506; 1% instances), NUM-PROPN (481; 1% instances), PRON-NOUN (378; 1% instances), VERB-ADV (257; 1% instances), NOUN-PRON (198; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (197; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (165; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (150; 0% instances), ADJ-PROPN (131; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (128; 0% instances), VERB-X (98; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (88; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (86; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (85; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (67; 0% instances), PART-PROPN (65; 0% instances), NOUN-X (61; 0% instances), NOUN-PART (55; 0% instances), ADV-VERB (53; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (50; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (49; 0% instances), ADV-X (44; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (44; 0% instances), PART-NOUN (35; 0% instances), PRON-X (35; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (33; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (29; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (21; 0% instances), VERB-PART (21; 0% instances), ADJ-X (20; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (15; 0% instances), ADP-PROPN (13; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (13; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (9; 0% instances), PRON-VERB (9; 0% instances), X-PROPN (9; 0% instances), ADJ-NUM (8; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (8; 0% instances), NUM-X (8; 0% instances), PROPN-ADP (7; 0% instances), X-NOUN (7; 0% instances), NUM-ADV (6; 0% instances), PRON-NUM (6; 0% instances), PROPN-VERB (5; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (4; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (4; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (4; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (4; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (4; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (4; 0% instances), PUNCT-NOUN (4; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (3; 0% instances), ADP-NUM (3; 0% instances), PRON-ADP (3; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (3; 0% instances), PROPN-ADV (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PART (2; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (2; 0% instances), ADV-PART (2; 0% instances), CONJ-ADP (2; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (2; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (2; 0% instances), PART-NUM (2; 0% instances), PART-PRON (2; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (2; 0% instances), ADP-PRON (1; 0% instances), DET-VERB (1; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (1; 0% instances), NUM-PART (1; 0% instances), PART-ADV (1; 0% instances), PART-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-PART (1; 0% instances), PROPN-DET (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PUNCT (1; 0% instances), VERB-PUNCT (1; 0% instances), X-ADV (1; 0% instances), X-NUM (1; 0% instances), X-VERB (1; 0% instances).


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