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advmod: adverbial modifier

An adverbial modifier of a word is a (non-clausal) adverb or adverbial phrase (ADVP) that serves to modify the meaning of the word.


Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal.

12271 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

9276 instances of advmod (76%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.07945562708826.

The following 75 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (6112; 50% instances), ADJ-ADV (1958; 16% instances), VERB-PART (1332; 11% instances), NOUN-ADV (1071; 9% instances), ADV-ADV (671; 5% instances), ADJ-PART (196; 2% instances), NUM-ADV (144; 1% instances), NOUN-PART (136; 1% instances), PROPN-ADV (112; 1% instances), PRON-ADV (77; 1% instances), ADV-PART (53; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (43; 0% instances), DET-ADV (26; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (26; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (26; 0% instances), NOUN-X (21; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (17; 0% instances), NUM-ADP (17; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (15; 0% instances), VERB-NOUN (14; 0% instances), VERB-X (14; 0% instances), PRON-PART (12; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (11; 0% instances), AUX-PART (11; 0% instances), PART-ADV (10; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (10; 0% instances), ADJ-X (9; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (9; 0% instances), NUM-SYM (9; 0% instances), ADP-ADV (8; 0% instances), PROPN-X (8; 0% instances), INTJ-ADV (5; 0% instances), NOUN-NUM (5; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (5; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (5; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (4; 0% instances), DET-PART (4; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (4; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (4; 0% instances), VERB-DET (4; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (4; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (3; 0% instances), CCONJ-ADV (3; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (3; 0% instances), ADJ-CCONJ (2; 0% instances), ADJ-NOUN (2; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (2; 0% instances), NUM-DET (2; 0% instances), PROPN-NUM (2; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADV (2; 0% instances), SYM-ADP (2; 0% instances), SYM-SYM (2; 0% instances), ADP-ADP (1; 0% instances), ADP-NOUN (1; 0% instances), ADV-CCONJ (1; 0% instances), ADV-NOUN (1; 0% instances), ADV-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADV-X (1; 0% instances), AUX-ADJ (1; 0% instances), CCONJ-PART (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), INTJ-INTJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-CCONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), NUM-NUM (1; 0% instances), NUM-PART (1; 0% instances), NUM-VERB (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-CCONJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-DET (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), SYM-DET (1; 0% instances), SYM-X (1; 0% instances), VERB-PRON (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal.

4525 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

3551 instances of advmod (78%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.5078453038674.

The following 32 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (2507; 55% instances), ADJ-ADV (1223; 27% instances), NOUN-ADV (398; 9% instances), ADV-ADV (213; 5% instances), PROPN-ADV (43; 1% instances), NUM-ADV (38; 1% instances), PRON-ADV (25; 1% instances), VERB-ADJ (17; 0% instances), DET-ADV (7; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (7; 0% instances), ADP-ADV (6; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (5; 0% instances), AUX-ADV (4; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (4; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (4; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (4; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (2; 0% instances), DET-ADJ (2; 0% instances), NOUN-X (2; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADV (2; 0% instances), ADJ-PART (1; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (1; 0% instances), ADP-VERB (1; 0% instances), NOUN-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), NOUN-DET (1; 0% instances), NOUN-INTJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-en-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-DET (1; 0% instances), VERB-PART (1; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances), X-ADV (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal.

4028 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

2613 instances of advmod (65%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.15019860973188.

The following 65 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (2028; 50% instances), ADJ-ADV (432; 11% instances), VERB-PART (360; 9% instances), NOUN-ADV (300; 7% instances), ADV-ADV (207; 5% instances), VERB-ADJ (97; 2% instances), PRON-ADV (66; 2% instances), NOUN-DET (64; 2% instances), ADJ-PART (61; 2% instances), VERB-ADP (53; 1% instances), NOUN-PART (49; 1% instances), AUX-ADV (35; 1% instances), NUM-ADV (31; 1% instances), SCONJ-ADV (29; 1% instances), ADP-ADV (27; 1% instances), ADV-PART (22; 1% instances), PROPN-ADV (16; 0% instances), DET-ADV (11; 0% instances), NOUN-ADP (11; 0% instances), AUX-PART (10; 0% instances), ADV-ADJ (8; 0% instances), PRON-PART (8; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (7; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (7; 0% instances), AUX-ADP (6; 0% instances), VERB-SCONJ (6; 0% instances), ADV-ADP (5; 0% instances), AUX-ADJ (5; 0% instances), NOUN-CCONJ (5; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (4; 0% instances), NOUN-VERB (4; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (4; 0% instances), VERB-PRON (4; 0% instances), ADJ-ADJ (3; 0% instances), ADP-ADJ (3; 0% instances), ADV-DET (3; 0% instances), VERB-DET (3; 0% instances), ADP-PRON (2; 0% instances), NOUN-SCONJ (2; 0% instances), NUM-PRON (2; 0% instances), PROPN-PRON (2; 0% instances), PUNCT-ADV (2; 0% instances), VERB-SYM (2; 0% instances), ADJ-NUM (1; 0% instances), ADJ-PRON (1; 0% instances), ADJ-PROPN (1; 0% instances), ADJ-VERB (1; 0% instances), ADP-PART (1; 0% instances), ADV-INTJ (1; 0% instances), CCONJ-PART (1; 0% instances), DET-ADP (1; 0% instances), DET-PART (1; 0% instances), INTJ-ADP (1; 0% instances), NOUN-NOUN (1; 0% instances), NUM-PART (1; 0% instances), PART-ADV (1; 0% instances), PRON-DET (1; 0% instances), PRON-VERB (1; 0% instances), PROPN-ADJ (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-ADJ (1; 0% instances), SCONJ-PART (1; 0% instances), VERB-INTJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-VERB (1; 0% instances), VERB-X (1; 0% instances), X-X (1; 0% instances).


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ParTUT)

This relation is universal.

1544 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as advmod.

1204 instances of advmod (78%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.35880829015544.

The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: VERB-ADV (781; 51% instances), ADJ-ADV (261; 17% instances), NOUN-ADV (157; 10% instances), ADV-ADV (100; 6% instances), VERB-PART (97; 6% instances), ADV-PART (27; 2% instances), NOUN-PART (26; 2% instances), ADJ-PART (17; 1% instances), PROPN-ADV (13; 1% instances), AUX-ADV (12; 1% instances), AUX-PART (10; 1% instances), NOUN-ADP (7; 0% instances), NUM-ADV (7; 0% instances), PRON-ADV (6; 0% instances), SYM-ADV (5; 0% instances), DET-ADV (3; 0% instances), ADJ-ADP (2; 0% instances), VERB-ADP (2; 0% instances), ADJ-DET (1; 0% instances), ADJ-X (1; 0% instances), INTJ-ADV (1; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 0% instances), NUM-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-ADJ (1; 0% instances), PRON-PART (1; 0% instances), PROPN-PART (1; 0% instances), SYM-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-ADJ (1; 0% instances), X-ADV (1; 0% instances).


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