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nsubj: nominal subject

A nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause. The governor of this relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun.

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Clinton defeated Dole
nsubj(defeated, Clinton)
{
    "text": "Clinton defeated Dole ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 8, 16 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 17, 21 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

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Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

20391 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

19624 instances of nsubj (96%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.50517385120887.

The following 63 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: VERB-PRON (9651; 47% instances), VERB-NOUN (3392; 17% instances), VERB-PROPN (1546; 8% instances), ADJ-PRON (1113; 5% instances), ADJ-NOUN (1035; 5% instances), NOUN-PRON (964; 5% instances), VERB-DET (548; 3% instances), NOUN-NOUN (489; 2% instances), NOUN-PROPN (215; 1% instances), ADJ-PROPN (188; 1% instances), ADV-PRON (139; 1% instances), ADV-NOUN (122; 1% instances), ADJ-DET (114; 1% instances), PROPN-PRON (88; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (83; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (78; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (71; 0% instances), AUX-PRON (65; 0% instances), VERB-NUM (62; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (57; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (43; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (42; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (29; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (22; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (20; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (15; 0% instances), DET-PRON (15; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (14; 0% instances), NUM-PROPN (13; 0% instances), ADJ-NUM (12; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (12; 0% instances), ADP-PRON (11; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (11; 0% instances), SYM-NOUN (11; 0% instances), SYM-PRON (9; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (8; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (8; 0% instances), ADV-DET (7; 0% instances), PRON-DET (7; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (6; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (5; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (5; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (5; 0% instances), X-NOUN (5; 0% instances), AUX-PROPN (4; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (4; 0% instances), AUX-DET (3; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (3; 0% instances), NUM-DET (3; 0% instances), PROPN-DET (3; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (2; 0% instances), SYM-DET (2; 0% instances), VERB-X (2; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (1; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (1; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (1; 0% instances), DET-VERB (1; 0% instances), INTJ-DET (1; 0% instances), INTJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (1; 0% instances), PRON-SYM (1; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (1; 0% instances).

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# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 1 nsubj	color:blue
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "PRON", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "AUX", [ [ 3, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "VERB", [ [ 7, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "ADV", [ [ 13, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "PUNCT", [ [ 16, 17 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-A1", "Case", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "Nom" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A2", "Number", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "Plur" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A3", "Person", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "1" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A4", "PronType", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "Prs" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A5", "Mood", "embedded-2-S1-T2", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A6", "Tense", "embedded-2-S1-T2", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A7", "VerbForm", "embedded-2-S1-T2", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A8", "Tense", "embedded-2-S1-T3", "Past" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A9", "VerbForm", "embedded-2-S1-T3", "Part" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R0", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R1", "aux", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R2", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R3", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R4", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: we" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: PRP" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: have" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBP" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: move" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBN" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: on" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: RB" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "nsubj" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ],
    "text": "We 've moved on .",
    "error": false
}

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# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 4	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4	fgColor:white
# visual-style 4 6 nsubj	color:blue
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	AP	AP	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "ADP", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "DET", [ [ 5, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "PROPN", [ [ 9, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "VERB", [ [ 12, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "DET", [ [ 18, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "NOUN", [ [ 23, 28 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "PUNCT", [ [ 29, 30 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-A1", "Definite", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Def" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A2", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Art" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A3", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A4", "Mood", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A5", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A6", "Person", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "3" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A7", "Tense", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A8", "VerbForm", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A9", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T5", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A10", "PronType", "embedded-3-S1-T5", "Dem" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A11", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T6", "Sing" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R0", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R1", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R2", "nmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R3", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R4", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R5", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R6", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T7" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: from" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: IN" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: the" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: DT" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: AP" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NNP" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: come" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBZ" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: this" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: DT" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: story" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NN" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: :" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: :" ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T6", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "embedded-3-S1-T6", "nsubj" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ],
    "text": "From the AP comes this story :",
    "error": false
}

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# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 9	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 9	fgColor:white
# visual-style 9 6 nsubj	color:blue
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wonder	wonder	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	Google	Google	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "ADV", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "PUNCT", [ [ 4, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T3", "NOUN", [ [ 6, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T4", "VERB", [ [ 13, 19 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T5", "SCONJ", [ [ 20, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T6", "PROPN", [ [ 23, 29 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T7", "AUX", [ [ 30, 33 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T8", "ADV", [ [ 34, 38 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T9", "VERB", [ [ 39, 46 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T10", "PUNCT", [ [ 47, 48 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-A1", "Number", "embedded-4-S1-T3", "Plur" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-A2", "Mood", "embedded-4-S1-T4", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-A3", "Tense", "embedded-4-S1-T4", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-A4", "VerbForm", "embedded-4-S1-T4", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-A5", "Number", "embedded-4-S1-T6", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-A6", "VerbForm", "embedded-4-S1-T7", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-A7", "VerbForm", "embedded-4-S1-T9", "Inf" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R0", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R1", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R2", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R3", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R4", "mark", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T9" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R5", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T9" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R6", "aux", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T9" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T7" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R7", "advmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T9" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T8" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R8", "ccomp", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T9" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R9", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T10" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: now" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: RB" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ," ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ," ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: people" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NNS" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: wonder" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBP" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: if" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: IN" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: Google" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NNP" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: can" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: MD" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: even" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: RB" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: survive" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VB" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T10", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T6", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T6", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T9", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T9", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T9", "embedded-4-S1-T6", "nsubj" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "4" ],
    "text": "Now , people wonder if Google can even survive .",
    "error": false
}

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