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advmod: adverbial modifier

An adverbial modifier of a word is a (non-clausal) adverb or adverbial phrase (ADVP) that serves to modify the meaning of the word.

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Genetically modified food
advmod(modified, Genetically)
{
    "text": "Genetically modified food ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 12, 20 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 21, 25 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

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less often
advmod(often, less)
{
    "text": "less often ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 5, 10 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T1" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

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Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

11246 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

7998 instances of advmod (71%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.2089631869109.

The following 64 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (6543; 58% instances), ADJ-ADV (2162; 19% instances), NOUN-ADV (1166; 10% instances), ADV-ADV (657; 6% instances), NUM-ADV (149; 1% instances), PROPN-ADV (115; 1% instances), PRON-ADV (57; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (49; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (28; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (27; 0% instances), DET-ADV (24; 0% instances), NOUN-X (22; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (20; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (18; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (18; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (17; 0% instances), VERB-X (15; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (13; 0% instances), PART-ADV (13; 0% instances), NUM-SYM (12; 0% instances), ADJ-X (9; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (9; 0% instances), PROPN-X (8; 0% instances), ADP-ADV (7; 0% instances), INTJ-ADV (5; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (5; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (5; 0% instances), VERB-DET (5; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (5; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (4; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (4; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (4; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (3; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (3; 0% instances), NUM-DET (3; 0% instances), SYM-SYM (3; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (2; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (2; 0% instances), CONJ-ADV (2; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (2; 0% instances), SYM-ADP (2; 0% instances), ADP-ADP (1; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (1; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADV-X (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADJ (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SYM (1; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (1; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-CONJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-DET (1; 0% instances), PROPN-DET (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADV (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), SYM-DET (1; 0% instances), SYM-X (1; 0% instances), VERB-PART (1; 0% instances).

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# visual-style 11	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 11	fgColor:white
# visual-style 7	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7	fgColor:white
# visual-style 7 11 advmod	color:blue
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	_	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	punchline	punchline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "VERB", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "DET", [ [ 5, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "ADJ", [ [ 9, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "NOUN", [ [ 16, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "PUNCT", [ [ 24, 25 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "PRON", [ [ 26, 31 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "VERB", [ [ 32, 34 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "DET", [ [ 35, 36 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "NOUN", [ [ 37, 46 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "PUNCT", [ [ 47, 48 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "ADV", [ [ 49, 52 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T12", "PUNCT", [ [ 53, 54 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-A1", "Mood", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Imp" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A2", "VerbForm", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A3", "Definite", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Def" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A4", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Art" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A5", "Degree", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Pos" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A6", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A7", "Mood", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A8", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A9", "Person", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "3" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A10", "Tense", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A11", "VerbForm", "embedded-3-S1-T7", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A12", "Definite", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A13", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T8", "Art" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A14", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T9", "Sing" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R0", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R1", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R2", "amod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R3", "dobj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R4", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R5", "expl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R6", "parataxis", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R7", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T9" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T8" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R8", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T9" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R9", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T10" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R10", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T11" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R11", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T12" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: read" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VB" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: the" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: DT" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: entire" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: JJ" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: article" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NN" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ;" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ," ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: there" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: EX" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: be" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBZ" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: a" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: DT" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: punchline" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NN" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ," ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ," ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: too" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: RB" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T12", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T12", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T11", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "embedded-3-S1-T11", "advmod" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ],
    "text": "Read the entire article ; there 's a punchline , too .",
    "error": false
}

# visual-style 4	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5 4 advmod	color:blue
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	_	_

# visual-style 7	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7	fgColor:white
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# visual-style 10 7 advmod	color:blue
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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