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dobj: direct object

The direct object of a verb is the noun phrase that denotes the entity acted upon. Most often the direct object is in the accusative case but there are verbs that require their objects be in other cases (except for nominative and vocative).

Accusative example:

Я купил машину . \n I have-bought car .
dobj(купил, машину)
dobj(have-bought, car)

Genitive example:

Я не боюсь этого . \n I-am not afraid of this .
dobj(боюсь, этого)
dobj(afraid, this)

Dative example:

Но это не соответствует действительности . \n But this not corresponds to-reality .
dobj(соответствует, действительности)
dobj(corresponds, to-reality)

Instrumental example:

Президент руководит страной . \n The President rules the country .
dobj(руководит, страной)
dobj(rules, country)

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.


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian)

This relation is universal.

2631 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

2289 instances of dobj (87%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.09692132269099.

The following 25 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (2199; 84% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PRON (213; 8% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (119; 5% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADJ (18; 1% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NUM (16; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/SYM (8; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/AUX-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).

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1	В	В	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	выборах	ВЫБОРЫ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
3	могли	МОЧЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	участвовать	УЧАСТВОВАТЬ	VERB	VB	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	только	ТОЛЬКО	PART	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
6	граждане	ГРАЖДАНИН	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	платящие	ПЛАТИТЬ	VERB	VBNL	Animacy=Anim|Aspect=Imp|Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act	6	acl	_	_
9	налоги	НАЛОГ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	8	dobj	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Они	ОНИ	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	nsubj	_	_
2	вели	ВЕСТИ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	себя	СЕБЯ	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Reflex=Yes	2	dobj	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	словно	СЛОВНО	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	оба	ОБА	NUM	CD	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc	8	nsubj	_	_
7	не	НЕ	PART	NEG	_	8	neg	_	_
8	ожидали	ОЖИДАТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	встретить	ВСТРЕТИТЬ	VERB	VB	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	друг	ДРУГ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	dobj	_	_
11	друга	ДРУГ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Ещё	ЕЩЕ	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	в	В	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	правление	ПРАВЛЕНИЕ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
4	отца	ОТЕЦ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
5	получил	ПОЛУЧИТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Perf|Gender=Masc|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Западную	ЗАПАДНЫЙ	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Variant=Full	7	amod	_	_
7	Моравию	МОРАВИЯ	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	dobj	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	(	_	9	punct	_	_
9	1029	1029	ADJ	ORD	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	)	)	PUNCT	)	_	9	punct	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian-SynTagRus)

This relation is universal.

33390 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

26695 instances of dobj (80%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.05693321353699.

The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (27314; 82% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PRON (3883; 12% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADJ (1135; 3% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (897; 3% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (65; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (41; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADV (12; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/SYM (6; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Разумеется	разумеется	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	эти	этот	DET	_	Case=Acc|Number=Plur	4	det	_	_
4	объяснения	объяснение	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	7	dobj	_	_
5	вряд_ли	вряд_ли	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	можно	можно	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	счесть	считать	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Inf	6	nsubj	_	_
8	убедительными	убедительный	ADJ	_	Case=Ins|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Она	она	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	означает	означать	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	нечто	нечто	PRON	_	_	2	dobj	_	_
4	принципиально	принципиально	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	другое	другой	ADJ	_	Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	3	amod	_	_
6	-	-	PUNCT	-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	продолжение	продолжение	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
8	работы	работа	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Назвать	называть	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Inf	5	nsubj	_	_
2	это	это	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	1	dobj	_	_
3	формализмом	формализм	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Ins|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	-	-	PUNCT	-	_	3	punct	_	_
5	все_равно	все_равно	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	что	что	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	_
7	назвать	называть	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	черное	черный	ADJ	_	Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	dobj	_	_
9	белым	белый	ADJ	_	Case=Ins|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_


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