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nmod:poss: possessive nominal modifier

The relation nmod:poss is used for a genitive/possessive nominal modifier, expressed either by a nominal in the genitive or by a possessive determiner.

Livets hårda sida \n The difficult side of life
nmod:poss(sida, Livets)
Alla våra hem \n All our homes
nmod:poss(hem, våra)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is a language-specific subtype of nmod. There are also 1 other language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:agent.

1732 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as nmod:poss.

1725 instances of nmod:poss (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.27424942263279.

The following 9 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod:poss: sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (913; 53% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/DET (668; 39% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (132; 8% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Men	men	CONJ	KN	_	5	cc	_	_
2	för	för	ADP	PP	_	4	case	_	_
3	barnens	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|DEF|GEN	Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	del	del	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
5	är	vara	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
6	det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
7	annorlunda	annorlunda	ADV	AB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_
2	Du	du	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	skall	skola	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	aux	_	_
4	lyda	lyda	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
5	din	du	DET	PS|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fader	far	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	4	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Eko-pocket	Eko-pocket	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Sveriges	Sverige	PROPN	PM|GEN	Case=Gen	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	Radios	radio	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|GEN	Case=Gen|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	förlag	förlag	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	1	punct	_	_
6	)	)	PUNCT	PAD	_	1	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish-LinES)

This relation is a language-specific subtype of nmod. There are also 1 other language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:agent.

1512 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as nmod:poss.

1511 instances of nmod:poss (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.32142857142857.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod:poss: sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (869; 57% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (377; 25% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (212; 14% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (11; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (9; 1% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PROPN (8; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PUNCT-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Och	_	CONJ	_	_	5	cc	_	_
2	det	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	är	_	VERB	PRES-ACT	_	5	cop	_	_
4	det	_	DET	SG-DEF	_	5	det	_	_
5	faktum	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	0	root	_	_
6	att	_	SCONJ	_	_	9	mark	_	_
7	mitt	_	PRON	P1SG-GEN-SG	_	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	namn	_	NOUN	IND-NOM	_	9	nsubjpass	_	_
9	blandats	_	VERB	SUP-PASS	_	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	_	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	i	_	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
12	det	_	PRON	DEM-SG	_	9	nmod	_	_
13	här	_	ADV	DEM-SG	_	12	mwe	_	_
14	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Du	_	PRON	PERS-P2SG-NOM	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	kan	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	3	aux	_	_
3	ange	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
4	färgen	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	3	dobj	_	_
5	och	_	CONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	_
6	bredden	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	4	conj	_	_
7	för	_	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
8	kontrollernas	_	NOUN	PL-DEF-GEN	_	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	kantlinjer	_	NOUN	PL-IND-NOM	_	6	nmod	_	_
10	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Josafats	_	PROPN	SG-GEN	_	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dal	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	0	root	_	_
3	med	_	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
4	sina	_	PRON	RFL-PL-GEN	_	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gravar	_	NOUN	PL-IND-NOM	_	2	nmod	_	_
6	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_