Treebank Statistics: UD_Ruuli-RDT: Relations: vocative
This relation is universal.
34 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
20 instances of vocative (59%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.5.
The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: VERB-NOUN (22; 65% instances), VERB-PROPN (5; 15% instances), NOUN-NOUN (4; 12% instances), ADJ-NOUN (1; 3% instances), AUX-NOUN (1; 3% instances), PRON-NOUN (1; 3% instances).
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1 Nkwaba aba VERB _ Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root 0:root Gloss=1sgS-PROG-go-FV|MSeg=n-ku-ab-a
2 kulowooza lowooza VERB _ VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl 1:advcl Gloss=INF-think-FV|MSeg=ku-lowooz-a
3 oku ku ADP LOC NounClass=Bantu17|Referent=Yes 4 case 4:case Gloss=AUG-17.LOC|MSeg=o-ku
4 proposal proposal NOUN _ NounClass=Bantu9 2 obl 2:obl Gloss=9.proposal|MSeg=proposal
5 yanywei nywe PRON ASSOC NounClass=Bantu9|Number=Plur|Person[psed]=3|Person[psor]=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss 4:nmod:poss Gloss=9-2plPOSS|MSeg=ya-nywe|SpaceAfter=No
6 , , PUNCT _ _ 7 punct 7:punct _
7 mube bba VERB COP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres 1 parataxis 1:parataxis Gloss=2plS-COP-SBJV|MSeg=mu-bb-e
8 kusai kusai ADV _ _ 7 advmod 7:advmod Gloss=well|MSeg=kusai
9 basaiza musaiza NOUN _ NounClass=Bantu2 1 vocative 1:vocative Gloss=2.man|MSeg=basaiza|SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT _ _ 1 punct 1:punct SpacesAfter=\n
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1 Okukola kola VERB _ Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root 0:root Gloss=2sgS-PROG-do-FV|MSeg=o-ku-kol-a
2 kiki kiki PRON _ PronType=Int 1 obj 1:obj Gloss=what|MSeg=kiki
3 ani ani ADV _ Deixis=Prox|NounClass=Bantu16|PronType=Dem 1 advmod 1:advmod Gloss=here|MSeg=ani
4 Mal Mal PROPN _ NounClass=Bantu1 1 vocative 1:vocative Gloss=1.Mal|MSeg=Mal|SpaceAfter=No
5 ? ? PUNCT _ _ 1 punct 1:punct SpacesAfter=\n
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1 Ekyo o PRON _ Deixis=Med|NounClass=Bantu7|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj 3:nsubj Gloss=7.MED|MSeg=ekyo
2 nikyo ni AUX COP InfStruct=Foc|NounClass=Bantu7|Person=3|Tense=Pres 3 cop 3:cop Gloss=COP-7|MSeg=ni-kyo
3 kisubiiro kisubiiro NOUN _ NounClass=Bantu7 0 root 0:root Gloss=7.story|MSeg=kisubiiro
4 kyange ange PRON ASSOC NounClass=Bantu7|Number=Sing|Person[psed]=3|Person[psor]=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss 3:nmod:poss Gloss=7-1sgPOSS|MSeg=ki-ange
5 munywani munyiwani NOUN _ NounClass=Bantu1 3 vocative 3:vocative Gloss=1.pal|MSeg=munyiwani
6 wa a PART GEN NounClass=Bantu1 7 case 7:case Gloss=1.GEN|MSeg=wa
7 mukago mukago NOUN _ NounClass=Bantu3 5 nmod 5:nmod Gloss=3.blood_friendship|MSeg=mukago|SpaceAfter=No
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