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dobj: direct object

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).

Euller fez mais duas jogadas .
dobj(fez, jogadas)

In general, if there is just one object, it should be labeled dobj, regardless of the morphological case or semantic role that it bears. If there are two or more objects, one of them should be dobj and the others should be iobj. In such cases it is necessary to decide what is the most directly affected object (patient). The one exception is when there is a clausal complement. Then the clausal complement is regarded as a “clausal direct object” and an object nominal will be an iobj.

não te dizem nada
iobj(dizem, te)
dobj(dizem, nada)

Note that oblique pronouns are tagged as iobj.

faltou lhes inteligência
nsubj(faltou, inteligência)
iobj(faltou, lhes)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)

This relation is universal.

11408 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

10090 instances of dobj (88%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.5890603085554.

The following 46 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NOUN (8114; 71% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PRON (1926; 17% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PROPN (810; 7% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/SYM (120; 1% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADJ (96; 1% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NUM (69; 1% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/DET (60; 1% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/NOUN (41; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NOUN (37; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADV (19; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/PRON (16; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PRON (13; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/SCONJ (8; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADP (7; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/INTJ (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/SCONJ-pt-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/AUX-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/SYM-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Audiência	audiência	NOUN	n|F|S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	em	em	ADP	prp|<sam->	AdpType=Prep	4	case	_	_
3	a	o	DET	art|<-sam>|<artd>|F|S	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Justiça	justiça	NOUN	n|<prop>|F|S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	de	de	ADP	prp|<sam->	AdpType=Prep	7	case	_	_
6	o	o	DET	art|<-sam>|<artd>|M|S	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pará	Pará	PROPN	prop|M|S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	discute	discutir	VERB	v-fin|PR|3S|IND	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	diploma	diploma	NOUN	n|M|S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	dobj	_	_

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1	Cartões	cartão	NOUN	n|M|P	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	:	:	PUNCT	punc	_	1	punct	_	_
3	aceita	aceitar	VERB	v-fin|PR|3S|IND	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl	_	_
4	todos	todo	PRON	pron-det|<quant>|M|P	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|NumType=Card|PronType=Ind,Neg,Tot	3	dobj	_	_

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1	O	o	DET	art|<artd>|M|S	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	governo	governo	NOUN	n|M|S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vai	ir	VERB	v-fin|PR|3S|IND	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
4	usar	usar	VERB	v-inf	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	a	o	DET	art|<artd>|F|S	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	URV	URV	PROPN	prop|F|S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	dobj	_	_
7	para	para	ADP	prp	AdpType=Prep	8	mark	_	_
8	corrigir	corrigir	VERB	v-inf	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	impostos	imposto	NOUN	n|M|P	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	8	dobj	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	punc	_	11	punct	_	_
11	garantiu	garantir	VERB	v-fin|PS|3S|IND	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	FHC	FHC	PROPN	prop|M|S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
13	.	.	PUNCT	punc	_	11	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-Bosque)

This relation is universal.

9134 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

7766 instances of dobj (85%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.27468797897964.

The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NOUN (6463; 71% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PRON (2039; 22% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PROPN (363; 4% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADJ (61; 1% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NUM (49; 1% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/SYM (38; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PROPN (28; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADV (22; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADP (18; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/SCONJ (12; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/INTJ (5; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	Significa	significar	VERB	<mv>|V|PR|3S|IND|@FS-STA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	3	punct	_	_
3	planetas	planeta	NOUN	<np-idf>|N|M|P|@<ACC	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	dobj	_	_
4	bacanas	bacana	ADJ	ADJ|M|P|@N<	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	amod	_	_
5	»	»	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	3	punct	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Sommeliers	Sommeliers	PROPN	PROP|M|S|@SUBJ>	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	paulistas	paulista	ADJ	ADJ|M|P|@N<	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	amod	_	_
3	se	se	PRON	PERS|M|3P|ACC|@ACC>-PASS	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	dobj	_	_
4	superam	superar	VERB	<mv>|<se-passive>|V|PR|3P|IND|@FS-STA	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	em	em	ADP	PRP|@<ADVL	_	6	case	_	_
6	evento	evento	NOUN	<np-idf>|N|M|S|@P<	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_

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1	Reis	Reis	PROPN	PROP|M|S|@SUBJ>	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	não	não	ADV	ADV|@ADVL>	_	3	neg	_	_
3	quis	querer	VERB	<mv>|V|PS|3S|IND|@FS-STA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dizer	dizer	VERB	<mv>|V|INF|@ICL-<ACC	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	se	se	SCONJ	KS|@SUB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	também	também	ADV	ADV|@ADVL>	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	abandonará	abandonar	VERB	<mv>|V|FUT|3S|IND|@FS-<ACC	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	Esperidião	Esperidião	PROPN	PROP|M|S|@<ACC	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	dobj	_	MWE:Esperidião=Amin
9	Amin	Amin	PROPN	PROP|@N<	Number=Sing	8	name	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-BR)

This relation is universal.

11067 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

10117 instances of dobj (91%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.1160206017891.

The following 30 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NOUN (8940; 81% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PRON (1310; 12% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PROPN (628; 6% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NUM (46; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PROPN (33; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PART (26; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/X (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/CONJ (5; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/AUX-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/CONJ-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Ver	_	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
2	também	_	ADV	ADV	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	a	_	DET	DET	_	4	det	_	_
4	lista	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	1	dobj	_	_
5	de	_	ADP	ADP	_	6	case	_	_
6	entidades	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	4	nmod	_	_
7	que	_	PRON	PRON	_	9	nsubj	_	_
8	tenham	_	AUX	AUX	_	9	aux	_	_
9	emitido	_	VERB	VERB	_	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	selos	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	9	dobj	_	_
11	postais	_	ADJ	ADJ	_	10	amod	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Dois	_	NUM	NUM	NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	anos	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	3	nmod	_	_
3	depois	_	ADV	ADV	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	,	_	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	ele	_	PRON	PRON	_	7	nsubjpass	_	_
6	foi	_	AUX	AUX	_	7	auxpass	_	_
7	preso	_	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
8	--	_	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
9	e	_	CONJ	CONJ	_	7	cc	_	_
10	eu	_	PRON	PRON	_	13	nsubj	_	_
11	nunca	_	ADV	ADV	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	o	_	PRON	PRON	_	13	dobj	_	_
13	vi	_	VERB	VERB	_	7	conj	_	_
14	novamente	_	ADV	ADV	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Carta	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	0	root	_	_
2	:	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	3	_	NUM	NUM	NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
4	de	_	ADP	ADP	_	5	case	_	_
5	Espadas	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	3	nmod	_	_
6	,	_	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
7	que	_	PRON	PRON	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	significa	_	VERB	VERB	_	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Amizade	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	8	dobj	_	_
10	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_


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