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vocative: vocative

The vocative relation is used to mark the dialogue participant addressed in text. The relation links the addressee’s name or title to its host sentence. In Czech, the addressee’s name must also appear in the vocative cs-feat/Case form.

Pane , jste blázen ! \n Sir , you-are a-fool !
vocative(blázen, Pane)
vocative(a-fool, Sir)
cop(blázen, jste)
cop(a-fool, you-are)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech)

This relation is universal.

69 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.

37 instances of vocative (54%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 4.57971014492754.

The following 10 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: cs-pos/VERB-cs-pos/NOUN (43; 62% instances), cs-pos/VERB-cs-pos/PROPN (9; 13% instances), cs-pos/NOUN-cs-pos/NOUN (6; 9% instances), cs-pos/ADJ-cs-pos/NOUN (3; 4% instances), cs-pos/NOUN-cs-pos/PROPN (3; 4% instances), cs-pos/CCONJ-cs-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), cs-pos/DET-cs-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), cs-pos/INTJ-cs-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), cs-pos/NUM-cs-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), cs-pos/PART-cs-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances).

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1	Občane	občan	NOUN	NNMS5-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	3	punct	_	_
3	chceš	chtít	VERB	VB-S---2P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	dýchat	dýchat	VERB	Vf--------A----	Aspect=Imp|Polarity=Pos|VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	čistý	čistý	ADJ	AAIS4----1A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vzduch	vzduch	NOUN	NNIS4-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	CCONJ	J^-------------	_	8	cc	_	LId=a-1
8	mít	mít	VERB	Vf--------A----	Polarity=Pos|VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	také	také	ADV	Db-------------	_	8	advmod	_	LGloss=(rovněž)
10	teplo	teplo	NOUN	NNNS4-----A----	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No|LId=teplo-1
11	?	?	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Svatý	svatý	ADJ	AAMS5----1A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Petře	Petr	PROPN	NNMS5-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	10	punct	_	_
4	já	já	PRON	PP-S1--1-------	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
5	jsem	být	AUX	VB-S---1P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	10	aux	_	_
6	ale	ale	CCONJ	J^-------------	_	10	cc	_	_
7	bránu	brána	NOUN	NNFS4-----A----	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	10	obj	_	_
8	Užhorodu	Užhorod	PROPN	NNIS2-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|NameType=Geo|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	7	nmod	_	_
9	nikdy	nikdy	ADV	Db-------------	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	neopustil	opustit	VERB	VpYS---XR-NA---	Aspect=Perf|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Neg|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	10	punct	_	_

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1	Skleněná	skleněný	ADJ	AAFS1----1A----	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	louka	louka	NOUN	NNFS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Máj	máj	NOUN	NNIS1-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	2	appos	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Ó	ó	INTJ	II-------------	_	7	dep	_	LId=ó-1
7	králi	král	NOUN	NNMS5-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	10	punct	_	_
9	dobrou	dobrý	ADJ	AAFS4----1A----	Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	noc	noc	NOUN	NNFS4-----A----	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Czech-CAC)

This relation is universal.

50 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.

27 instances of vocative (54%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 4.34.

The following 7 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: cs-pos/VERB-cs-pos/NOUN (33; 66% instances), cs-pos/VERB-cs-pos/PROPN (7; 14% instances), cs-pos/ADJ-cs-pos/NOUN (4; 8% instances), cs-pos/NOUN-cs-pos/NOUN (3; 6% instances), cs-pos/ADV-cs-pos/NOUN (1; 2% instances), cs-pos/PRON-cs-pos/PROPN (1; 2% instances), cs-pos/VERB-cs-pos/PRON (1; 2% instances).

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1	Co	co	PRON	PQ--4----------	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|PronType=Int,Rel	2	obj	_	LId=co-1
2	říkáte	říkat	VERB	VB-P---2P-AA---	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	6	punct	_	_
4	soudruzi	soudruh	NOUN	NNMP5-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Polarity=Pos	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	6	punct	_	_
6	je	být	VERB	VB-S---3P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	2	conj	_	_
7	to	ten	DET	PDNS1----------	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
8	tak	tak	ADV	Db-------------	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No|LId=tak-3
9	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	"	"	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	_
2	Ladislave	Ladislav	PROPN	NNMS5-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	7	vocative	_	_
3	Falto	Falta	PROPN	NNMS5-----A----	Animacy=Anim|Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|NameType=Sur|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	_
5	už	už	ADV	Db-------------	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	jste	být	AUX	VB-P---2P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	7	aux	_	_
7	sbalil	sbalit	VERB	VpYS---XR-AA---	Aspect=Perf|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
8	kufr	kufr	NOUN	NNIS4-----A----	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Je	být	AUX	VB-S---3P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	2	cop	_	_
2	krásná	krásný	ADJ	AAFS1----1A----	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	8	punct	_	_
4	děvenko	děvenka	NOUN	NNFS5-----A----	Case=Voc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	8	punct	_	_
6	máma	máma	NOUN	NNFS1-----A----	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
7	ji	on	PRON	PPFS4--3-------	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
8	má	mít	VERB	VB-S---3P-AA---	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	2	conj	_	_
9	taky	také	ADV	Db-------------	_	8	advmod	_	LGloss=(rovněž)
10	ráda	rád	ADJ	ACQW------A----	Gender=Fem,Neut|Number=Plur,Sing|Polarity=Pos|Variant=Short	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	Z:-------------	_	2	punct	_	_


vocative in other languages: [am] [ar] [bg] [bxr] [ca] [ckb] [cop] [cs] [cu] [da] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fo] [fr] [ga] [gl] [got] [grc] [he] [hi] [hr] [hu] [id] [it] [ja] [kk] [kmr] [ko] [la] [lv] [mr] [nl] [no] [pl] [pt] [ro] [ru] [sa] [sk] [sla] [sl] [so] [sr] [sv] [swl] [ta] [tr] [u] [ug] [uk] [ur] [urj] [vi] [yue] [zh]