vocative

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`vocative`: vocative

The vocative relation is used to mark dialogue participant addressed in text (common in emails and newsgroup postings). The relation links the addressee’s name to its host sentence.



  
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Guys , take it easy!
vocative(take, Guys)
{
    "text": "Guys , take it easy! ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 5, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 7, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 12, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 15, 20 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "vocative", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

155 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.

88 instances of vocative (57%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.1741935483871.

The following 16 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: VERB-PROPN (44; 28% instances), NOUN-PROPN (40; 26% instances), INTJ-PROPN (15; 10% instances), VERB-NOUN (12; 8% instances), NOUN-NOUN (11; 7% instances), ADJ-PROPN (9; 6% instances), INTJ-NOUN (7; 5% instances), ADV-PROPN (6; 4% instances), INTJ-DET (2; 1% instances), PROPN-NOUN (2; 1% instances), PROPN-PROPN (2; 1% instances), ADJ-NOUN (1; 1% instances), INTJ-PRON (1; 1% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 1% instances), PRON-PROPN (1; 1% instances), VERB-NUM (1; 1% instances).



  
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# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 6 1 vocative	color:blue
1	Malach	Malach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	dobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "PROPN", [ [ 0, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "PUNCT", [ [ 7, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "PRON", [ [ 9, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "PRON", [ [ 14, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "VERB", [ [ 18, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "VERB", [ [ 22, 27 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T7", "NOUN", [ [ 28, 33 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T8", "PUNCT", [ [ 34, 35 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-A1", "Number", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A2", "PronType", "embedded-2-S1-T3", "Int" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A3", "Case", "embedded-2-S1-T4", "Nom" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A4", "Person", "embedded-2-S1-T4", "2" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A5", "PronType", "embedded-2-S1-T4", "Prs" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A6", "Mood", "embedded-2-S1-T5", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A7", "Tense", "embedded-2-S1-T5", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A8", "VerbForm", "embedded-2-S1-T5", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A9", "Mood", "embedded-2-S1-T6", "Ind" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A10", "Number", "embedded-2-S1-T6", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A11", "Person", "embedded-2-S1-T6", "3" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A12", "Tense", "embedded-2-S1-T6", "Pres" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A13", "VerbForm", "embedded-2-S1-T6", "Fin" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-A14", "Number", "embedded-2-S1-T7", "Sing" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R0", "vocative", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R1", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R2", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R3", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R4", "acl:relcl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R5", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R6", "dobj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T7" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R7", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T8" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: Malach" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NNP" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ," ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ," ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: what" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: WP" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: you" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: PRP" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: say" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBP" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: make" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: VBZ" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: sense" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NN" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "embedded-2-S1-T1", "vocative" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ],
    "text": "Malach , What you say makes sense .",
    "error": false
}



  
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# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 2 3 vocative	color:blue
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Debra	Debra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	_
4	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "ADJ", [ [ 0, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "NOUN", [ [ 5, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "PROPN", [ [ 13, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "PUNCT", [ [ 19, 20 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-A1", "Degree", "embedded-3-S1-T1", "Pos" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A2", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T2", "Sing" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-A3", "Number", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "Sing" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R0", "amod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R1", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R2", "vocative", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-S1-R3", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-S1-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: good" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: JJ" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: morning" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NN" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: Debra" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NNP" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: -" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ," ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T3", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-3-S1-T2", "embedded-3-S1-T3", "vocative" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ],
    "text": "Good Morning Debra -",
    "error": false
}



  
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# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 1 2 vocative	color:blue
1	Welcome	welcome	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
2	Darin	Darin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "INTJ", [ [ 0, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "PROPN", [ [ 8, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-T3", "PUNCT", [ [ 14, 15 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-A1", "Number", "embedded-4-S1-T2", "Sing" ] ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R0", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R1", "vocative", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-S1-R2", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-S1-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: welcome" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: UH" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: Darin" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: NNP" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Misc: SpaceAfter=No" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: !" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Xpostag: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T2", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "fgColor", "white" ], [ [ "embedded-4-S1-T1", "embedded-4-S1-T2", "vocative" ], "color", "blue" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "4" ],
    "text": "Welcome Darin !",
    "error": false
}

vocative in other languages: [bg] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fr] [ga] [he] [hu] [it] [ja] [ko] [sv] [u]

vocative: vocative

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

`vocative`: vocative