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`root`: root

The root grammatical relation points to the root of the sentence. A fake node “ROOT” is used as the governor. The ROOT node is indexed with “0”, since the indexation of real words in the sentence starts at 1.



  
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ROOT I love French fries .
root(ROOT, love)
{
    "text": "ROOT I love French fries . ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 5, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 7, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 12, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 19, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 25, 26 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
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ROOT Bill is an honest man
root(ROOT, man)
{
    "text": "ROOT Bill is an honest man ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 5, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 10, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 13, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 16, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 23, 26 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T6" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

16622 nodes (7%) are attached to their parents as root.

16622 instances of root (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.48477920827819.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with root: en-pos/ROOT-VERB (9353; 56% instances), en-pos/ROOT-NOUN (2791; 17% instances), en-pos/ROOT-ADJ (1680; 10% instances), en-pos/ROOT-PROPN (1420; 9% instances), en-pos/ROOT-NUM (423; 3% instances), en-pos/ROOT-ADV (251; 2% instances), en-pos/ROOT-X (238; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-INTJ (128; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-SYM (107; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-PRON (93; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-PUNCT (85; 1% instances), en-pos/ROOT-DET (29; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-AUX (16; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-PART (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ROOT-CONJ (2; 0% instances).



  
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# visual-style 4	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4	fgColor:white
# visual-style 0	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 0	fgColor:white
# visual-style 0 4 root	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-T4", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T0", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T0", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T0", "embedded-3-S1-T4", "root" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ],
    "text": "From the AP comes this story :",
    "error": false
}



  
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# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 0	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 0	fgColor:white
# visual-style 0 1 root	color:blue
1	Excerpt	excerpt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "NOUN", [ [ 0, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "PUNCT", [ [ 8, 9 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-A1", "Number", "embedded-4-S1-T1", "Sing" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R0", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R1", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: excerpt" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NN" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: :" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: :" ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T0", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T0", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T0", "embedded-4-S1-T1", "root" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "4" ],
    "text": "Excerpt :",
    "error": false
}



  
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# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
# visual-style 0	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 0	fgColor:white
# visual-style 0 3 root	color:blue
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	folks	folks	NOUN	UH	_	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-5-S1-T1", "PRON", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-T2", "VERB", [ [ 5, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-T3", "ADJ", [ [ 8, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-T4", "PUNCT", [ [ 14, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-T5", "NOUN", [ [ 16, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-T6", "PUNCT", [ [ 22, 23 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-5-S1-A1", "Number", "embedded-5-S1-T1", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A2", "PronType", "embedded-5-S1-T1", "Dem" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A3", "Mood", "embedded-5-S1-T2", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A4", "Number", "embedded-5-S1-T2", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A5", "Person", "embedded-5-S1-T2", "3" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A6", "Tense", "embedded-5-S1-T2", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A7", "VerbForm", "embedded-5-S1-T2", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-A8", "Degree", "embedded-5-S1-T3", "Pos" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-5-S1-R0", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-R1", "cop", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-R2", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-R3", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-R4", "parataxis", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-5-S1-R5", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-5-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-5-S1-T6" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-5-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: that" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: DT" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: be" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBZ" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: right" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: JJ" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ," ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ," ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: folks" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: UH" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-5-S1-T3", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T3", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T0", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-5-S1-T0", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-5-S1-T0", "embedded-5-S1-T3", "root" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "5" ],
    "text": "That 's right , folks .",
    "error": false
}

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Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

`root`: root