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dobj: direct object

The direct object of a VP is the noun phrase which is the (accusative) object of the verb.


Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

12227 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

11769 instances of dobj (96%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.21656988631717.

The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: VERB-NOUN (8344; 68% instances), VERB-PRON (2705; 22% instances), VERB-PROPN (649; 5% instances), VERB-ADJ (168; 1% instances), VERB-NUM (101; 1% instances), VERB-DET (92; 1% instances), VERB-SYM (61; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (21; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (20; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (20; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (11; 0% instances), VERB-X (9; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (4; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (3; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (2; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (2; 0% instances), AUX-PRON (2; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (2; 0% instances), SCONJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), ADJ-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (1; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (1; 0% instances), AUX-VERB (1; 0% instances), NUM-ADV (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), SYM-NUM (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

5356 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

5018 instances of dobj (94%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.05694548170276.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: VERB-NOUN (3767; 70% instances), VERB-PRON (1254; 23% instances), VERB-DET (108; 2% instances), VERB-PROPN (98; 2% instances), VERB-ADJ (44; 1% instances), VERB-NUM (22; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (16; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (10; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (7; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (4; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (4; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (2; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (2; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (2; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (2; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (1; 0% instances), AUX-PRON (1; 0% instances), CONJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PART-PRON (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

3849 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

3664 instances of dobj (95%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.20446869316706.

The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: VERB-NOUN (2572; 67% instances), VERB-PRON (903; 23% instances), VERB-PROPN (193; 5% instances), VERB-VERB (38; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (36; 1% instances), AUX-NOUN (21; 1% instances), VERB-ADV (14; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (14; 0% instances), VERB-NUM (10; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (8; 0% instances), AUX-PRON (5; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (4; 0% instances), VERB-DET (4; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (3; 0% instances), VERB-X (3; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), ADP-PROPN (2; 0% instances), VERB-PART (2; 0% instances), AUX-VERB (1; 0% instances), CONJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (1; 0% instances), INTJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-PRON (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (1; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (1; 0% instances), X-X (1; 0% instances).


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