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dobj: direct object

A direct object is a nominal which is the (accusative) object of the verbal predicate.

Il mange un sandwich . \n He eats a sandwich .
dobj(mange, sandwich)

The dobj relation is also used for a reflexive pronoun in pronominal verb when the pronoun is a direct object of the verb. When the grammatical relation of the pronoun is not a direct object nor an indirect object (as in se douter “to suspect”), the pronoun gets analyzed as expl.

Il se lave . \n He washes himself .
dobj(lave, se)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal.

15016 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

11338 instances of dobj (76%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.22602557272243.

The following 37 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (10224; 68% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (3718; 25% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (738; 5% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SYM (49; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (42; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (39; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (25; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/X (25; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (23; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NUM (23; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (19; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Les	_	DET	_	_	2	det	_	_
2	compagnies	_	NOUN	_	_	8	nsubj	_	_
3	aériennes	_	ADJ	_	_	2	amod	_	_
4	à	_	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
5	bas	_	ADJ	_	_	6	amod	_	_
6	coût	_	NOUN	_	_	2	nmod	_	_
7	ne	_	PART	_	_	8	neg	_	_
8	connaissent	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
9	pas	_	ADV	_	_	8	neg	_	_
10	la	_	DET	_	_	11	det	_	_
11	crise	_	NOUN	_	_	8	dobj	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	Pourquoi	_	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	,	_	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mais	_	CONJ	_	_	1	cc	_	_
4	pourquoi	_	ADV	_	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	Le	_	PRON	_	_	6	dobj	_	_
6	bénirais	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
7	-je	_	PRON	_	_	6	nsubj	_	_
8	?	_	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Elle	_	PRON	_	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	y	_	PRON	_	_	3	iobj	_	_
3	incarnera	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
4	la	_	DET	_	_	5	det	_	_
5	Poussette	_	PROPN	_	_	3	dobj	_	_
6	de	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
7	Manon	_	PROPN	_	_	5	nmod	_	_
8	peu	_	ADV	_	_	9	mwe	_	_
9	de	_	DET	_	_	10	det	_	_
10	temps	_	NOUN	_	_	3	nmod	_	_
11	après	_	ADP	_	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


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