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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects of a clause. Subjects are direct dependents of the main predicate of the clause, which may be a verb, noun or adjective.

Pappa hjälper till med tvätten . \n Dad helps with the laundry .
nsubj(hjälper, Pappa)
Pappa är sjuk . \n Dad is sick .
nsubj(sjuk, Pappa)
Pappa är en bra kock . \n Dad is a good cook .
nsubj(kock, Pappa)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal.

7580 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

6319 instances of nsubj (83%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.58258575197889.

The following 34 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (3031; 40% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (2852; 38% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (484; 6% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (270; 4% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (254; 3% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (213; 3% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (210; 3% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (86; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (39; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (19; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (18; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (16; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (9; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PUNCT-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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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	Bördan	börda	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	7	dislocated	_	_
2	att	att	PART	IE	_	3	mark	_	_
3	fostra	fostra	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	1	acl	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	3	dobj	_	_
5	-	-	PUNCT	MID	_	1	punct	_	_
6	uttrycket	uttryck	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	låter	låta	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
8	negativt	negativ	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	har	ha	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	aux	_	_
3	blivit	bli	VERB	VB|SUP|AKT	VerbForm=Sup|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	så	så	ADV	AB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	att	att	SCONJ	SN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	kvinnorna	kvinna	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	är	vara	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	8	cop	_	_
8	livlösa	livlös	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	3	advcl	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish-LinES)

This relation is universal.

6816 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

5590 instances of nsubj (82%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.13028169014085.

The following 41 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (3665; 54% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (1370; 20% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (792; 12% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (217; 3% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (171; 3% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (170; 2% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (66; 1% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/PRON (60; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (51; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (45; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (40; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (33; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (23; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (16; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PRON (14; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PART-sv-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/CONJ-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/INTJ-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PUNCT-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/SCONJ-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/SYM-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Det	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	innebär	_	VERB	PRES-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
3	:	_	PUNCT	Colon	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Villkorsstyrda	_	ADJ	POS-PL-IND	_	2	amod	_	_
2	filter	_	NOUN	IND-NOM	_	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fungerar	_	VERB	PRES-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
4	oberoende	_	VERB	NDE	_	3	advcl	_	_
5	av	_	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
6	varandra	_	PRON	RCP-PL-ACC	_	4	nmod	_	_
7	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Access	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stöder	_	VERB	PRES-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
3	XML-schemastandarden	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	4	nmod	_	_
4	XSD	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	2	dobj	_	_
5	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish_Sign_Language)

This relation is universal.

81 nodes (12%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

70 instances of nsubj (86%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.74074074074074.

The following 12 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (55; 68% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (10; 12% instances), sv-pos/X-sv-pos/NOUN (4; 5% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (3; 4% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (2; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/INTJ-sv-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/X (1; 1% instances), sv-pos/X-sv-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances).

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1	HUND	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	SÅG	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
3	PEK	_	PRON	PEK	_	2	nmod	_	_
4	FINNAS	_	VERB	VB	_	2	ccomp	_	_
5	BI	_	NOUN	NN	_	6	compound	_	_
6	GLOB@kl	_	NOUN	NNKL	_	4	nsubj	_	_
7	BI	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	INUTI	_	VERB	VBPP	_	6	acl	_	_
9	TRE-DIM-FORM	_	NOUN	NNKL	_	8	nmod	_	_

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1	PEK@z	_	PRON	PEK	_	4	nsubj	_	_
2	HAND(YYb)+HANTERA@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	0	root	_	_
3	STARTA	_	VERB	VB	_	4	aux	_	_
4	LETA	_	VERB	VB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	FORTSÄTTA	_	VERB	VB	_	2	conj	_	_
6	LETA	_	VERB	VB	_	2	conj	_	_
7	BANSTRÄCKA	_	VERB	VBAV	_	2	conj	_	_

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1	MAMMA	_	NOUN	NN	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	JA@ub@z	_	INTJ	INTERJ	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	PÅKALLA-UPPMÄRKSAMHET@g	_	X	G	_	0	root	_	_


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