amod: adjectival modifier
An adjectival modifier of a nominal is any adjective or adjectival phrase that serves to modify the meaning of the nominal. This includes always or sometimes postposed modifiers, such as else and nice in the examples below.
Sam eats red meat
amod(meat, red)
Sam took out a 3 million dollar loan
amod(loan, dollar)
Sam took out a $ 3 million loan
amod(loan, $)
Anything else for me ?
amod(Anything, else)
We can go somewhere nice .
amod(somewhere, nice)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
10316 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as amod.
9981 instances of amod (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.39104303993796.
The following 29 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (8944; 87% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (693; 7% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (291; 3% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (120; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (105; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (31; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (24; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (14; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (12; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (12; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (11; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (10; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (4; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).
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1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _
3 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _
4 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
7 hostile hostile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
10 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _
11 4 4 NUM CD NumType=Card 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _
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1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _
2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _
3 one one NUM CD NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _
4 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No
5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
6 provoking provoke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _
7 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _
2 Nina Nina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
3178 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as amod.
3086 instances of amod (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.18785399622404.
The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (2987; 94% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (39; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (37; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (30; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (23; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (13; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (11; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (10; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).
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1 _ _ PRON EX _ 2 expl _ _
2 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 0 root _ _
3 _ _ DET DT _ 5 det _ _
4 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 5 amod _ _
5 _ _ NOUN NN _ 2 nsubj _ _
6 _ _ PART TO _ 7 mark _ _
7 _ _ VERB VB _ 5 acl _ _
8 _ _ ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _
9 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _
10 _ _ DET DT _ 11 det _ _
11 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 12 nsubj _ _
12 _ _ VERB VBP _ 2 advcl _ _
13 _ _ PART RB _ 12 neg _ _
14 _ _ VERB VB _ 12 xcomp _ _
15 _ _ PRON NN _ 14 dobj _ _
16 _ _ PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
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1 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
2 _ _ PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _
3 _ _ PRON NN _ 5 nsubj _ _
4 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 3 amod _ _
5 _ _ VERB VBD _ 0 root _ _
6 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
7 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
8 _ _ PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 _ _ AUX VBP _ 3 aux _ _
3 _ _ VERB VBN _ 0 root _ _
4 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 5 nmod:poss _ _
5 _ _ NOUN NN _ 3 dobj _ _
6 _ _ ADP IN _ 11 case _ _
7 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _
8 _ _ DET DT _ 9 det _ _
9 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 11 compound _ _
10 _ _ PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _
11 _ _ NOUN NN _ 3 nmod _ _
12 _ _ ADP IN _ 14 case _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 14 compound _ _
14 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 3 nmod _ _
15 _ _ PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _
16 _ _ CONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _
17 _ _ PRON PRP _ 18 nsubj _ _
18 _ _ VERB VBD _ 3 conj _ _
19 _ _ ADP IN _ 21 case _ _
20 _ _ DET DT _ 21 det _ _
21 _ _ NOUN NN _ 18 nmod _ _
22 _ _ ADP IN _ 24 case _ _
23 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 24 amod _ _
24 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 18 nmod _ _
25 _ _ PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
3936 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as amod.
3388 instances of amod (86%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.45172764227642.
The following 44 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (3060; 78% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (350; 9% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (137; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (97; 2% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (65; 2% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (45; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (35; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (25; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (15; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (12; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (11; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (10; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (9; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (6; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/CCONJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances).
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1 Additional _ ADJ POS _ 2 amod _ _
2 information _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 7 nsubj:pass _ _
3 about _ ADP _ _ 4 case _ _
4 XML _ PROPN SG-NOM _ 2 nmod _ _
5 can _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 7 aux _ _
6 be _ AUX INF _ 7 aux _ _
7 found _ VERB PASS _ 0 root _ _
8 on _ ADP _ _ 11 case _ _
9 the _ DET DEF _ 11 det _ _
10 web _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 11 compound _ _
11 site _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . _ PUNCT Period _ 7 punct _ _
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1 Quinn _ PROPN SG-NOM _ 2 nsubj _ _
2 had _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
3 trouble _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 2 obj _ _
4 finding _ VERB ING _ 3 amod _ _
5 a _ DET IND-SG _ 6 det _ _
6 seat _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
7 . _ PUNCT Period _ 2 punct _ _
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1 Once _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ _
2 again _ ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 2 punct _ _
4 however _ ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
5 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 4 punct _ _
6 Stillman _ PROPN SG _ 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No
7 's _ PART GEN _ 6 case _ _
8 face _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 9 nsubj _ _
9 told _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
10 him _ PRON PERS-P3SG-ACC _ 9 iobj _ _
11 nothing _ PRON NEG-SG _ 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . _ PUNCT Period _ 9 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ParTUT)
This relation is universal.
2464 nodes (6%) are attached to their parents as amod.
2377 instances of amod (96%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.37053571428571.
The following 16 pairs of parts of speech are connected with amod: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (2317; 94% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (50; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (35; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (16; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (9; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (8; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (3; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances).
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1 The the DET RD Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _
2 work work NOUN S Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _
3 is be AUX VA Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _
4 protected protect VERB V Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _
5 by by ADP E _ 6 case _ _
6 copyright copyright NOUN S Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _
7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No
8 / / PUNCT FF _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
9 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 conj _ _
10 other other ADJ A Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _
11 applicable applicable ADJ A Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _
12 law law NOUN S Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT FS _ 4 punct _ _
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1 Inward inward ADJ A Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _
2 FDI FDI PROPN SP _ 4 nsubj _ _
3 could can AUX VM Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _
4 increase increase VERB V VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _
5 by by ADP E _ 10 case _ _
6 as as ADV B _ 7 advmod _ _
7 much much ADJ A Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _
8 as as ADP E _ 10 case _ _
9 83 83 NUM N NumType=Card 10 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 % % SYM X _ 4 obl _ _
11 annually annually ADV B _ 4 advmod _ _
12 by by ADP E _ 13 case _ _
13 2020 2020 NUM N NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
14 ; ; PUNCT FC _ 4 punct _ _
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1 I I PRON PE Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _
2 think think NOUN S Number=Sing 0 root _ _
3 we we PRON PE Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _
4 should shall AUX VM Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _
5 be be AUX VA VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _
6 capable capable ADJ A Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _
7 of of ADP E _ 8 mark _ _
8 saying say VERB V VerbForm=Ger 6 advcl _ _
9 this this PRON PD Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _
10 loud loud ADJ A Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _
12 clear clear ADJ A Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT FS _ 2 punct _ _
amod 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]