appos: appositional modifier
An appositional modifier of an NP is an NP immediately to the right of the first NP that serves to define or modify that NP. It includes parenthesized examples, as well as defining abbreviations in one of these structures.
Sam , my brother , arrived
appos(Sam-1, brother-4)
Bill ( John 's cousin )
appos(Bill-1, cousin-5)
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC )
appos(Corporation-4, ABC-6)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
1743 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as appos.
1696 instances of appos (97%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.67469879518072.
The following 46 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (314; 18% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (311; 18% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (227; 13% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (187; 11% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (161; 9% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (140; 8% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (63; 4% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/NOUN (59; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (49; 3% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (34; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (27; 2% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (27; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (15; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (13; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/X (11; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (10; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (10; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (6; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/X (2; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances).
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1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
2 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 amod _ _
4 file file NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _
6 TEXT.htm text.htm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No
7 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _
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1 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _
2 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 miramar miramar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _
4 florida florida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _
5 theyy theyy PRON PRP _ 6 nsubj _ _
6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _
7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 seafood seafood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _
9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _
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1 Analyst analyst NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _
2 Team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _
3 1 1 NUM CD NumType=Card 2 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
4 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _
5 Coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 list _ SpaceAfter=No
6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _
7 Lisa Lisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _
8 Gilette Gilette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
186 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as appos.
185 instances of appos (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.59677419354839.
The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (73; 39% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (45; 24% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (22; 12% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (10; 5% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NUM (8; 4% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (7; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (4; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (2; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/DET (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (1; 1% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/SYM (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances).
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1 _ _ ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _
2 _ _ VERB VBG _ 3 cop _ _
3 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 5 csubj _ _
4 _ _ AUX MD _ 5 aux _ _
5 _ _ VERB VB _ 0 root _ _
6 _ _ NOUN NN _ 5 dobj _ _
7 _ _ PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _
8 _ _ ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _
9 _ _ PRON PRP _ 10 nsubj _ _
10 _ _ VERB VBP _ 8 acl:relcl _ _
11 _ _ PRON EX _ 12 expl _ _
12 _ _ VERB VBP _ 5 parataxis _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 12 nsubj _ _
14 _ _ ADP IN _ 15 case _ _
15 _ _ PRON PRP _ 13 nmod _ _
16 _ _ PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _
17 _ _ ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _
18 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 13 appos _ _
19 _ _ PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _
20 _ _ VERB VBG _ 13 acl _ _
21 _ _ PART TO _ 22 mark _ _
22 _ _ VERB VB _ 20 xcomp _ _
23 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 24 compound _ _
24 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 22 dobj _ _
25 _ _ PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 _ _ NUM CD _ 8 nsubj _ _
2 _ _ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _
3 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 4 nmod:poss _ _
4 _ _ NOUN NN _ 1 nmod _ _
5 _ _ PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _
6 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 4 appos _ _
7 _ _ PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _
8 _ _ VERB VBD _ 0 root _ _
9 _ _ PART TO _ 10 mark _ _
10 _ _ VERB VB _ 8 xcomp _ _
11 _ _ DET DT _ 13 det _ _
12 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 13 amod _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 10 dobj _ _
14 _ _ DET WDT _ 15 nsubj _ _
15 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 13 acl:relcl _ _
16 _ _ SYM $ _ 15 dobj _ _
17 _ _ NUM CD _ 16 nummod _ _
18 _ _ PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _
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1 _ _ PRON WP _ 6 nsubj _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 4 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ AUX VBP _ 4 aux _ _
4 _ _ VERB VBG _ 1 acl:relcl _ _
5 _ _ PRON PRP _ 4 dobj _ _
6 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 0 root _ _
7 _ _ PART TO _ 8 mark _ _
8 _ _ VERB VB _ 6 ccomp _ _
9 _ _ DET DT _ 10 det _ _
10 _ _ NOUN NN _ 8 dobj _ _
11 _ _ ADP IN _ 13 case _ _
12 _ _ DET DT _ 13 det _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 10 nmod _ _
14 _ _ ADP IN _ 15 case _ _
15 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 13 nmod _ _
16 _ _ DET DT _ 17 det _ _
17 _ _ NOUN NN _ 15 appos _ _
18 _ _ PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
276 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as appos.
276 instances of appos (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 7.1195652173913.
The following 49 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (53; 19% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (38; 14% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (38; 14% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (20; 7% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/X (10; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (9; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (8; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (8; 3% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (8; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (6; 2% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NUM (6; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (4; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (4; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (4; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (4; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADV (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (3; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (3; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (2; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (2; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (2; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/X (1; 0% instances).
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1 Even _ ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ _
2 that _ DET DEM-SG _ 3 det _ _
3 locution _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
4 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 7 punct _ _
5 ' _ PUNCT Quote _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
6 his _ PRON SG-GEN _ 7 nmod:poss _ _
7 appointment _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No
8 ' _ PUNCT Quote _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
9 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 8 punct _ _
10 seemed _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
11 odd _ ADJ POS _ 10 xcomp _ _
12 to _ ADP _ _ 13 case _ _
13 him _ PRON PERS-P3SG-ACC _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
14 . _ PUNCT Period _ 10 punct _ _
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1 One _ NUM CARD-SG _ 2 nummod _ _
2 thing _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 4 nsubj _ _
3 more _ ADV CMP _ 2 advmod _ _
4 remained _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
5 to _ PART _ _ 6 mark _ _
6 do _ VERB INF _ 4 xcomp _ _
7 – _ PUNCT _ _ 4 punct _ _
8 say _ VERB INF _ 4 appos _ _
9 good-by _ INTJ _ _ 8 obj _ _
10 to _ ADP _ _ 13 case _ _
11 my _ PRON P1SG-GEN _ 13 nmod:poss _ _
12 excellent _ ADJ POS _ 13 amod _ _
13 aunt _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
14 . _ PUNCT Period _ 4 punct _ _
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1 I _ PRON PERS-P1SG-NOM _ 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
2 'm _ VERB PRES _ 0 root _ _
3 still _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ _
4 here _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
5 . _ PUNCT Period _ 2 punct _ _
6 Sort _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 2 appos _ _
7 of _ ADP _ _ 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . _ PUNCT Period _ 2 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ParTUT)
This relation is universal.
98 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as appos.
98 instances of appos (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 5.33673469387755.
The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (40; 41% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (20; 20% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (11; 11% instances), en-pos/X-en-pos/NOUN (9; 9% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (4; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NUM (2; 2% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (2; 2% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (2; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 1% instances).
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1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _
2 another another DET RI Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 8 det _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT FF _ 2 punct _ _
4 less less ADV B Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _
5 widely widely ADV B _ 6 advmod _ _
6 discussed discuss VERB V Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl _ _
7 social social ADJ A Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 determinant determinant NOUN S Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _
9 – – PUNCT FB _ 11 punct _ _
10 maternal maternal ADJ A Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _
11 nutrition nutrition NOUN S Number=Sing 8 appos _ _
12 – – PUNCT FB _ 11 punct _ _
13 could can AUX VM Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _
14 be be VERB V VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
15 . . PUNCT FS _ 14 punct _ _
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1 The the DET RD Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _
2 country country NOUN S Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _
3 elected elect VERB V Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
4 its its DET AP Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _
5 first first ADJ NO Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _
6 female female ADJ A Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _
7 President president NOUN S Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
8 , , PUNCT FF _ 7 punct _ _
9 Park Park PROPN SP _ 7 appos _ _
10 Geun Geun PROPN SP _ 9 flat:name _ SpaceAfter=No
11 - - PUNCT FF _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
12 hye hye NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 flat:name _ SpaceAfter=No
13 , , PUNCT FF _ 9 punct _ _
14 in in ADP E _ 15 case _ _
15 2012 2012 NUM N NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
16 . . PUNCT FS _ 3 punct _ _
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1 " " PUNCT FB _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
2 In in ADP E _ 3 case _ _
3 1833 1833 NUM N NumType=Card 5 obl _ _
4 Balzac Balzac PROPN SP _ 5 nsubj _ _
5 released release VERB V Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
6 Eugénie Eugénie PROPN SP _ 5 obj _ _
7 Grandet Grandet PROPN SP _ 6 flat:name _ SpaceAfter=No
8 , , PUNCT FF _ 6 punct _ _
9 his his DET AP Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _
10 first first ADJ NO Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _
11 best-selling best-selling ADJ A Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _
12 novel novel NOUN S Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No
13 . . PUNCT FS _ 5 punct _ _
appos 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]