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obl: oblique argument or adjunct

The obl relation is used for oblique nominal arguments and adjuncts of verbs, adjectives or adverbs.

obl is a noun (or noun phrase) functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct. This means that it functionally corresponds to an adverbial when it attaches to a verb, adjective or other adverb.


Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech)

This relation is universal.

75607 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as obl.

40324 instances of obl (53%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.65455579509834.

The following 59 pairs of parts of speech are connected with obl: VERB-NOUN (46724; 62% instances), ADJ-NOUN (9998; 13% instances), VERB-PROPN (4815; 6% instances), VERB-PRON (4007; 5% instances), VERB-DET (2000; 3% instances), VERB-NUM (999; 1% instances), NOUN-NOUN (980; 1% instances), ADV-NOUN (925; 1% instances), ADJ-PROPN (896; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (729; 1% instances), ADJ-PRON (608; 1% instances), VERB-ADV (535; 1% instances), ADJ-NUM (379; 1% instances), ADJ-DET (360; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (220; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (196; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (164; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (132; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (120; 0% instances), ADV-DET (114; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (112; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (95; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (56; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (53; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (50; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (47; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (35; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (33; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (28; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (24; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (22; 0% instances), SYM-NUM (19; 0% instances), NUM-PROPN (17; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (16; 0% instances), DET-PRON (14; 0% instances), DET-PROPN (13; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (12; 0% instances), PUNCT-NOUN (11; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (5; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (5; 0% instances), DET-ADV (4; 0% instances), NOUN-ADV (4; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (4; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (4; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (3; 0% instances), DET-DET (2; 0% instances), INTJ-NOUN (2; 0% instances), INTJ-PRON (2; 0% instances), NUM-DET (2; 0% instances), PART-NOUN (2; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (2; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (1; 0% instances), DET-NUM (1; 0% instances), NUM-ADV (1; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (1; 0% instances), PART-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PRON-DET (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech-CAC)

This relation is universal.

27129 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as obl.

15023 instances of obl (55%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.65988425669947.

The following 63 pairs of parts of speech are connected with obl: VERB-NOUN (16007; 59% instances), ADJ-NOUN (5381; 20% instances), VERB-PRON (1597; 6% instances), VERB-DET (818; 3% instances), VERB-PROPN (523; 2% instances), NOUN-NOUN (407; 2% instances), ADJ-PRON (334; 1% instances), ADV-NOUN (317; 1% instances), VERB-NUM (265; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (257; 1% instances), ADJ-DET (202; 1% instances), ADJ-PROPN (181; 1% instances), ADJ-NUM (125; 0% instances), VERB-ADV (103; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (76; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (62; 0% instances), DET-NOUN (58; 0% instances), ADV-DET (55; 0% instances), SYM-NOUN (53; 0% instances), ADV-PRON (38; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (32; 0% instances), ADJ-ADV (30; 0% instances), NOUN-PROPN (27; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (25; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (24; 0% instances), PRON-NOUN (15; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (13; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (10; 0% instances), ADV-PROPN (10; 0% instances), ADV-ADV (9; 0% instances), DET-PRON (8; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (5; 0% instances), NUM-PROPN (5; 0% instances), SYM-PRON (5; 0% instances), PROPN-PROPN (4; 0% instances), SYM-NUM (4; 0% instances), CCONJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (3; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (3; 0% instances), PROPN-NOUN (3; 0% instances), SCONJ-NOUN (3; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (2; 0% instances), AUX-PRON (2; 0% instances), DET-DET (2; 0% instances), DET-PROPN (2; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (2; 0% instances), SYM-DET (2; 0% instances), SYM-PROPN (2; 0% instances), ADP-PROPN (1; 0% instances), AUX-NOUN (1; 0% instances), CCONJ-NUM (1; 0% instances), CCONJ-PROPN (1; 0% instances), DET-ADV (1; 0% instances), INTJ-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NUM-ADV (1; 0% instances), NUM-DET (1; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (1; 0% instances), PART-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PART-NOUN (1; 0% instances), PRON-PRON (1; 0% instances), PRON-PROPN (1; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADJ (1; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech-CLTT)

This relation is universal.

1301 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as obl.

951 instances of obl (73%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 5.6771714066103.

The following 14 pairs of parts of speech are connected with obl: VERB-NOUN (762; 59% instances), ADJ-NOUN (327; 25% instances), VERB-PRON (49; 4% instances), NOUN-NOUN (38; 3% instances), X-NOUN (33; 3% instances), VERB-X (31; 2% instances), VERB-NUM (23; 2% instances), ADV-NOUN (22; 2% instances), ADJ-PRON (6; 0% instances), ADJ-X (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (2; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 0% instances), NUM-NOUN (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (1; 0% instances).


obl in other languages: [u]
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