nmod:npmod

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`nmod:npmod`: noun phrase as adverbial modifier

This relation is a subtype of the nmod relation, which captures the following cases where something syntactically a noun phrase is used as an adverbial modifier in a sentence:

(i) a measure phrase, which is the relation between the head of an adjectival/adverbial or prepositional phrase and the head of a measure phrase modifying it:



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
The director is 65 years old
nmod:npmod(old, years)
{
    "text": "The director is 65 years old ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 16, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 19, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 25, 28 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "nmod:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
6 feet long
nmod:npmod(long, feet)
{
    "text": "6 feet long ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 1 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 2, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 7, 11 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "nmod:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

(ii) noun phrases giving an extent to a verb, which are not objects:



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
Shares eased a fraction
nmod:npmod(eased, fraction)
{
    "text": "Shares eased a fraction ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 7, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 15, 23 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "nmod:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

(iii) financial constructions involving an adverbial, notably the following construction $5 a share, where the second nominal means “per share”:



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
IBM earned $ 5 a share
nmod:npmod($, share)
{
    "text": "IBM earned $ 5 a share ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-4-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 10 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T3", "token", [ [ 11, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T4", "token", [ [ 13, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T5", "token", [ [ 15, 16 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T6", "token", [ [ 17, 22 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-4-R1", "nmod:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-T6" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "4" ]
}

(iv) floating reflexives



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
The silence is itself significant
nmod:npmod(significant, itself)
{
    "text": "The silence is itself significant ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-5-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-T3", "token", [ [ 12, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-T4", "token", [ [ 15, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-T5", "token", [ [ 22, 33 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-5-R1", "nmod:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "5" ]
}

and (v) certain other absolutive nominal constructions.

A temporal modifier nmod:tmod is a subclass of npmod which is distinguished as a separate relation.

nmod:npmod: noun phrase as adverbial modifier

`nmod:npmod`: noun phrase as adverbial modifier