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vocative: vocative

The vocative relation is used to mark dialogue participant addressed in text. The relation links the addressee’s name to its host sentence. In Russian, the addressee’s name can also appear in the vocative Case form.

Мужчина , Вы дурак ! \n Sir , you-are a-fool !
vocative(дурак, Мужчина)
vocative(a-fool, Sir)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian)

This relation is universal.

7 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.

5 instances of vocative (71%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.71428571428571.

The following 4 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 29% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PRON (2; 29% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (2; 29% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 14% instances).

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1	``	``	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
2	Не	НЕ	PART	NEG	_	3	neg	_	_
3	думайте	ДУМАТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Imp|Number=Plur|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	товарищи	ТОВАРИЩ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	vocative	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	я	Я	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1	8	nsubj	_	_
8	бросаю	БРОСАТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	слова	СЛОВО	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	8	dobj	_	_
10	на	НА	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ветер	ВЕТЕР	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	``	``	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	_
2	Адад	АДАД	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
3	потомство	ПОТОМСТВО	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
4	храни	ХРАНИТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Imp|Number=Sing|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
5	''	''	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
7	dIM	DIM	ADV	FW	_	4	list	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	MU	MU	ADV	FW	_	7	conj	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	ŠEŠ	ŠEŠ	ADV	FW	_	7	conj	_	_
12	или	ИЛИ	CONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
13	mdIM	MDIM	ADV	FW	_	7	conj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	MU	MU	ADV	FW	_	13	conj	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
17	ŠEŠ	ŠEŠ	ADV	FW	_	13	conj	_	_
18	)	)	PUNCT	)	_	4	punct	_	_
19	--	--	PUNCT	--	_	21	punct	_	_
20	касситский	КАССИТСКИЙ	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Variant=Full	21	amod	_	_
21	царь	ЦАРЬ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
22	Вавилонии	ВАВИЛОНИЯ	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
24	правил	ПРАВИТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Gender=Masc|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
25	приблизительно	ПРИБЛИЗИТЕЛЬНО	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	в	В	ADP	IN	_	24	nmod	_	_
27	1219	1219	ADJ	ORD	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	30	list	_	_
28	--	--	PUNCT	--	_	27	punct	_	_
29	1188	1188	ADJ	ORD	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	30	list	_	_
30	годах	ГОД	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
31	до	ДО	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	н.	Н.	DET	PRP$	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=1	33	det	_	_
33	э	Э	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_

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1	В	В	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	ней	ОНА	PRON	PRP	Case=Loc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3	6	nmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	конечно	КОНЕЧНО	ADV	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	было	БЫТЬ	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Gender=Neut|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	влияние	ВЛИЯНИЕ	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
8	ирландских	ИРЛАНДСКИЙ	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Variant=Full	11	amod	_	_
9	и	И	CONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
10	шотландских	ШОТЛАНДСКИЙ	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Variant=Full	8	conj	_	_
11	баллад	БАЛЛАДА	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	...	...	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
13	''	''	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Come	COME	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Perf|Mood=Imp|Number=Plur|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin	11	appos	_	_
15	All	ALL	DET	DT	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Number=Plur	16	det	_	_
16	Ye	YE	PRON	PRP	Case=Voc|Number=Plur|Person=2	14	vocative	_	_
17	Bold	BOLD	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Variant=Full	19	amod	_	_
18	Highway	HIGHWAY	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Variant=Full	19	compound	_	_
19	Men	MAN	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	appos	_	_
20	''	''	PUNCT	''	_	14	conj	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
22	''	''	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
23	Come	COME	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Perf|Mood=Imp|Number=Plur|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
24	All	ALL	DET	DT	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Number=Plur	25	det	_	_
25	Ye	YE	PRON	PRP	Case=Voc|Number=Plur|Person=2	23	vocative	_	_
26	Tender	TENDER	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	Hearted	HEARTED	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Variant=Full	28	amod	_	_
28	Maidens	MAIDEN	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	25	appos	_	_
29	''	''	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian-SynTagRus)

This relation is universal.

15 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.

13 instances of vocative (87%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 5.6.

The following 5 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (6; 40% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (4; 27% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (3; 20% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 7% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (1; 7% instances).

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1	Серег	серега	NOUN	_	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	давай	давать	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Imp|Number=Sing|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	!	!	PUNCT	!	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Ну	ну	PART	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	так	так	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Господи	господь	PROPN	_	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	с	с	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
7	кем	кто	PRON	_	_	9	nmod	_	_
8	не	не	PART	_	_	9	neg	_	_
9	бывает	бывать	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
10	?	?	PUNCT	?	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Господи	господь	NOUN	_	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
2	!	!	PUNCT	!	_	1	punct	_	_
3	недопустимо	недопустимый	ADJ	_	Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Variant=Brev	0	root	_	_
4	так	так	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	унижать	унижать	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|VerbForm=Inf	3	nsubj	_	_
6	людей	человек	NOUN	_	Animacy=Anim|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	5	dobj	_	_
7	!	!	PUNCT	!	_	3	punct	_	_


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