Treebank Statistics: UD_English-GUM: Relations: vocative
This relation is universal.
152 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
83 instances of vocative (55%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.97368421052632.
The following 21 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: VERB-PROPN (52; 34% instances), VERB-NOUN (28; 18% instances), NOUN-PROPN (17; 11% instances), NOUN-NOUN (8; 5% instances), VERB-PRON (6; 4% instances), ADJ-NOUN (5; 3% instances), ADJ-PROPN (5; 3% instances), ADV-NOUN (4; 3% instances), ADV-PROPN (4; 3% instances), NOUN-PRON (4; 3% instances), INTJ-PROPN (3; 2% instances), PRON-NOUN (3; 2% instances), PROPN-PROPN (3; 2% instances), INTJ-NOUN (2; 1% instances), INTJ-PRON (2; 1% instances), ADV-PRON (1; 1% instances), AUX-PROPN (1; 1% instances), PRON-PROPN (1; 1% instances), PROPN-NOUN (1; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (1; 1% instances), X-PROPN (1; 1% instances).
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1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj 4:obj CxnElt=4:Interrogative-WHInfo-Direct.WHWord|Discourse=topic-question:1->2:1:lex-indwd-1+syn-sbinv-2+grf-qst-6|XML=<w>
2 'd do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux 4:aux XML=</w>
3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj 4:nsubj Entity=(1-person-acc:com-cf1-1-ana)
4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root 0:root Cxn=Interrogative-WHInfo-Direct|CxnElt=4:Interrogative-WHInfo-Direct.Clause
5 Sabrina Sabrina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 vocative 4:vocative Entity=(1-person-giv:act-cf1-1-coref)|SpaceAfter=No
6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct 4:punct _
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1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj 2:nsubj Discourse=restatement-repetition_m:146->142:2:ref-prs-683-690,702+sem-synym-685-690,704-707+sem-lxchn-688,705|Entity=(5-person-giv:inact-cf1-1-ana)
2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root 0:root _
3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod 4:amod Entity=(62-person-giv:inact-cf2-4-coref
4 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj 2:obj MSeg=arm-ie-s|SpaceAfter=No
5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct 6:punct _
6 buddy buddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative 2:vocative Entity=(2-person-giv:inact-cf3-1-coref)62)|MSeg=budd-y|SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct 2:punct _
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1 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative 6:vocative Discourse=topic-question:43->45:1:grf-qst-417|Entity=(7-person-giv:act-cf2*-1-coref-Elizabeth_Prelogar)|SpaceAfter=No
2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct 1:punct _
3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop 6:cop _
4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj 6:nsubj Entity=(44-abstract-giv:inact-cf1-1-ana)
5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det 6:det Entity=(73-event-new-cf3-2-coref
6 waiver waiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root 0:root Cxn=Interrogative-Polar-Direct|CxnElt=6:Interrogative-Polar-Direct.Clause|Entity=73)|MSeg=waiv-er|SpaceAfter=No
7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct 12:punct _
8 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc 12:cc Discourse=joint-disjunction_m:44->43:0:dm-or-412|PDTB=Explicit:Expansion.Disjunction:or:412:405-411:413-417
9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop 12:cop _
10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj 12:nsubj Entity=(44-abstract-giv:act-cf1-1-ana)
11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det 12:det Entity=(74-event-new-cf4-2-coref
12 modification modification NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj 6:conj:or Entity=74)|MSeg=mod-ification|SpaceAfter=No
13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct 6:punct _