Treebank Statistics: UD_English-GUM: Relations: vocative
This relation is universal.
78 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
44 instances of vocative (56%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.85897435897436.
The following 18 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: VERB-PROPN (18; 23% instances), VERB-NOUN (17; 22% instances), NOUN-PROPN (7; 9% instances), ADJ-NOUN (4; 5% instances), NOUN-NOUN (4; 5% instances), VERB-PRON (4; 5% instances), ADJ-PROPN (3; 4% instances), ADV-NOUN (3; 4% instances), ADV-PROPN (3; 4% instances), INTJ-PROPN (3; 4% instances), PROPN-PROPN (3; 4% instances), INTJ-NOUN (2; 3% instances), INTJ-PRON (2; 3% instances), ADV-PRON (1; 1% instances), PRON-NOUN (1; 1% instances), PRON-PROPN (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 Discourse=topic-question:1->2:1|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 _
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:145->141:2|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 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)|SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct 2:punct _
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1 Way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root 0:root Discourse=joint-list_m:250->249:0
2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark 3:mark _
3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl 1:acl:to _
4 Carolyn Carolyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative 1:vocative Entity=(66-person-giv:inact-cf1-1-coref)|SpaceAfter=No
5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct 1:punct _