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obl:npmod: noun phrase as adverbial modifier

⚠️ DEPRECATED: Beginning with the version 2.15 release, most English corpora will use the new obl:unmarked relation instead. ⚠️

This relation is a subtype of the obl relation, which captures the following cases where something syntactically a noun phrase is used as an adverbial modifier in a sentence:

(i) a measure phrase, which is the relation between the head of an adjectival/adverbial or prepositional phrase and the head of a measure phrase modifying it:

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The director is 65 years old
obl:npmod(old, years)
{
    "text": "The director is 65 years old ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 16, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 19, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 25, 28 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "obl:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

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6 feet long
obl:npmod(long, feet)
{
    "text": "6 feet long ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 1 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 2, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 7, 11 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "obl:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

(ii) noun phrases giving an extent to a verb, which are not objects:

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Shares eased a fraction
obl:npmod(eased, fraction)
{
    "text": "Shares eased a fraction ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 7, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 15, 23 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "obl:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

(iv) floating reflexives

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The silence is itself significant
obl:npmod(significant, itself)
{
    "text": "The silence is itself significant ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-4-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T3", "token", [ [ 12, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T4", "token", [ [ 15, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-4-T5", "token", [ [ 22, 33 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-4-R1", "obl:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-4-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-4-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "4" ]
}

and (v) certain other absolutive nominal constructions.

A temporal modifier obl:tmod is a subclass of obl which is distinguished as a separate relation.

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