nmod: nominal modifier
The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers of nouns or clausal
predicates. nmod is a noun functioning as a non-core (oblique)
argument or adjunct. In English, nmod is used
- for prepositional complements:
the office of the Chair
det(office-2, the-1)
nmod(office-2, Chair-5)
case(Chair-5, of-3)
det(Chair-5, the-4)
give the toys to the children
dobj(give, toys)
nmod(give, children)
case(children, to)
The nmod relation holds between the noun/predicate modified by the
prepositional complement and the noun introduced by the preposition.
- for ‘s genitives:
the Chair 's office
det(Chair-2, the-1)
nmod(office-4, Chair-2)
case(Chair-2, 's-3)
Nominal modifiers not introduced by a preposition or not ‘s genitives
are tagged nmod:npmod, a subtype of nmod. Temporal nominal
modifiers are also marked with a separate relation nmod:tmod. See
the definitions of these relations.
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
There are 3 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:npmod, nmod:poss, nmod:tmod.
19759 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nmod.
18551 instances of nmod (94%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 4.17556556505896.
The following 99 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (6458; 33% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (5241; 27% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (1600; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (1575; 8% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (850; 4% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (634; 3% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (367; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (250; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (224; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (210; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (203; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (156; 1% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (148; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (139; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (126; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (121; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (117; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (117; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (108; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/DET (105; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (75; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (71; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (63; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (54; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (49; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PRON (47; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NOUN (46; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (39; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PRON (36; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (35; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (34; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (33; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SYM (32; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (31; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (29; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (28; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADV (25; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (19; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (16; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (16; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/DET (15; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (13; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (13; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (11; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (11; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NUM (11; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NUM (10; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/DET (10; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NUM (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SYM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/SYM (4; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/SCONJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/INTJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/CONJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (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 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 mark _ _
2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _
3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _
4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _
5 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 dobj _ _
6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
7 their they PRON PRP$ Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _
8 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _
10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _
11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _
13 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No
14 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _
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1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _
2 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _
3 against against ADP IN _ 4 case _ _
4 Iran Iran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _
5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _
7 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 dobj _ _
8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
9 Deja deja X FW _ 10 compound _ _
10 vu vu X FW _ 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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