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dobj: direct object

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

Han äter en smörgås . \n He eats a sandwich .
dobj(äter, smörgås)

If there is only one object present, it is always analyzed as dobj regardless of the semantic relation to the predicate. If there are two objects, the one most directly related to the verb is treated as the direct object.

Han informerar dig . \n He informs you .
dobj(informerar, dig)
Han skickar dig information . \n He sends you information .
dobj(skickar, information)
iobj(skickar, dig)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal.

4325 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

4094 instances of dobj (95%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.35375722543353.

The following 19 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (3419; 79% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (712; 16% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (52; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (43; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (23; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (18; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/DET (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/INTJ (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances).

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1	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_
2	Du	du	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	skall	skola	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	aux	_	_
4	lyda	lyda	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
5	din	du	DET	PS|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Poss=Yes	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fader	far	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	4	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Skiljer	skilja	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
2	de	de	PRON	PN|UTR/NEU|PLU|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
3	sig	sig	PRON	PN|UTR/NEU|SIN/PLU|DEF|OBJ	Case=Acc|Definite=Def	1	dobj	_	_
4	från	från	ADP	PP	_	5	case	_	_
5	andra	annan	PRON	PN|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Ind|Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	och	och	CONJ	KN	_	1	cc	_	_
7	i	i	ADP	PP	_	1	conj	_	_
8	så	så	ADV	AB	_	7	mwe	_	_
9	fall	fall	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	mwe	_	_
10	på	på	ADP	PP	_	12	case	_	_
11	vilket	vilken	DET	HD|NEU|SIN|IND	Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Int,Rel	12	det	_	_
12	sätt	sätt	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	?	?	PUNCT	MAD	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Olika	olik	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	2	amod	_	_
2	människor	människa	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	har	ha	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	olika	olika	ADV	AB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lätt	lätt	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	3	dobj	_	_
6	att	att	PART	IE	_	7	mark	_	_
7	utstå	utstå	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	3	advcl	_	_
8	sådana	sån	PRON	PN|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Ind|Number=Plur	7	dobj	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_


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