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nsubj: nominal subject

A nominal subject is a nominal phrase which is the subject of a clause. The governor of the nsubj relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun.

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Jeg har ingenting mer å si om det nå \n I have nothing more to say about that now
nsubj(har,Jeg)
{
    "text": "Jeg har ingenting mer å si om det nå \n I have nothing more to say about that now ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 18, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 22, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 24, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T7", "token", [ [ 27, 29 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T8", "token", [ [ 30, 33 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T9", "token", [ [ 34, 36 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T11", "token", [ [ 39, 40 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T12", "token", [ [ 41, 45 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T13", "token", [ [ 46, 53 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T14", "token", [ [ 54, 58 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T15", "token", [ [ 59, 61 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T16", "token", [ [ 62, 65 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T17", "token", [ [ 66, 71 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T18", "token", [ [ 72, 76 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T19", "token", [ [ 77, 80 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

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Dette svaret er viktig for Frp \n This answer is important for Frp
nsubj(viktig,svaret)
{
    "text": "Dette svaret er viktig for Frp \n This answer is important for Frp ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 6, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 16, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 23, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 27, 30 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T8", "token", [ [ 33, 37 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T9", "token", [ [ 38, 44 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T10", "token", [ [ 45, 47 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T11", "token", [ [ 48, 57 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T12", "token", [ [ 58, 61 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T13", "token", [ [ 62, 65 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

Note that in cases where there is an expletive subject (expl), the nsubj relation is used to express the potential/postposed subject:

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Det eksisterer allerede en debatt \n There already exists a debate
expl(eksisterer-2,Det-1)
nsubj(eksisterer-2,debatt-5)
{
    "text": "Det eksisterer allerede en debatt \n There already exists a debate ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 15, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 24, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T5", "token", [ [ 27, 33 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T7", "token", [ [ 36, 41 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T8", "token", [ [ 42, 49 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T9", "token", [ [ 50, 56 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T10", "token", [ [ 57, 58 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T11", "token", [ [ 59, 65 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "expl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-R2", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

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nsubj in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kmr] [ky] [mr] [myv] [no] [pa] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [uz] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]

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