The direct object of a verb is the second most core argument of a verb after the subject. Typically, it is the noun phrase that denotes the entity acted upon or which undergoes a change of state or motion (the proto-patient).
A direct object is a nominal which is the (accusative) object of the verbal predicate.
dobj is also used in those cases where the direct object has no independent semantic value but it creates a unique semantic element together with the verb.
Hanno fatto fuoco prima su mio marito .
dobj(fatto, fuoco)
Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)
This relation is universal.
10030 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as dobj.
8801 instances of dobj (88%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.34346959122632.
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1 " " PUNCT FB _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
2 Lei lei PRON PE Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _
3 ha avere VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
4 la il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
5 tipica tipico ADJ A Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 amod _ _
6 camminata camminata NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 dobj _ _
7 da da ADP E _ 8 case _ _
8 spia spia NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 " " PUNCT FB _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT FS _ 3 punct _ _
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1 La lo PRON PC Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Clit 2 dobj _ _
2 pensano pensare VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 a a ADP E _ 6 case _ _
4 lo il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
5 stesso stesso ADJ A Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 amod _ _
6 modo modo NOUN S Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _
7 due due NUM N NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _
8 turiste turista NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _
9 di di ADP E _ 10 case _ _
10 Varsavia Varsavia PROPN SP _ 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT FS _ 2 punct _ _
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1 Da da ADP E _ 3 case _ _
2 il il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
3 '93 '93 NUM N NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _
4 dirige dirigere VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 il il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
6 Festival Festival PROPN SP _ 4 dobj _ _
7 di di ADP E _ 8 case _ _
8 Taormina Taormina PROPN SP _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 . . PUNCT FS _ 4 punct _ _