advcl: adverbial clause modifier
An adverbial clause modifier is a clause which modifies a verb or other predicate (adjective, etc.), as a modifier not as a core complement. This includes things such as a temporal clause, consequence, conditional clause, purpose clause, etc. The dependent must be clausal (or else it is an advmod) and the dependent is the main predicate of the clause.
The accident happened as the night was falling
advcl(happened, falling)
If you know who did it , you should tell the teacher
advcl(tell, know)
He talked to him in order to secure the account
advcl(talked, secure)
He was upset when I talked to him
advcl(upset, talked)
They heard about you missing classes.
advcl(heard, missing)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
4582 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as advcl.
3450 instances of advcl (75%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 6.95591444783937.
The following 55 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advcl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (3048; 67% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (501; 11% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (221; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (172; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (158; 3% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (111; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (47; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (43; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (26; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (26; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (23; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (22; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/AUX (17; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (14; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (12; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (11; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (10; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/VERB (9; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (7; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).
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1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _
3 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _
4 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
7 hostile hostile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
10 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _
11 4 4 NUM CD NumType=Card 10 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
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1 My my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _
2 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _
3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _
4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
5 complicated complicated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
6 right right ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _
7 now now ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
8 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ _
9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _
10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _
11 my my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _
12 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 i i PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _
2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _
3 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _
4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _
5 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:tmod _ _
6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _
7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _
8 wasted wasted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _
9 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _
10 anyone anyone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _
11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _
12 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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