expl: expletive
This relation captures an existential there or it in extraposition constructions. There is further discussion and examples on the universal dependency page (u-dep/expl).
There is a ghost in the room
expl(is, There)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
668 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl.
604 instances of expl (90%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.51047904191617.
The following 8 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (496; 74% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (127; 19% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (30; 4% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (6; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (4; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).
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1 Read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _
3 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _
4 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _
6 there there PRON EX _ 7 expl _ SpaceAfter=No
7 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _
8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _
9 punchline punchline NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
11 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _
2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _
3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _
5 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _
6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _
7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _
8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
9 acquisition acquisition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _
10 mode mode NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 oh oh INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _
2 god god PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 discourse _ _
3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _
4 there there PRON EX _ 6 expl _ _
5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
6 agenda agenda NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
505 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as expl.
491 instances of expl (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.87920792079208.
The following 5 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (321; 64% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (128; 25% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (53; 10% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (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 _ _ CONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
4 _ _ PRON DT _ 3 dobj _ _
5 _ _ PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _
6 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _
7 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 expl _ _
8 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 9 cop _ _
9 _ _ ADJ JJR _ 3 advcl _ _
10 _ _ PRON NN _ 11 dobj _ _
11 _ _ VERB VBG _ 9 csubj _ _
12 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _
13 _ _ VERB VBG _ 9 advcl _ _
14 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 13 dobj _ _
15 _ _ ADP IN _ 16 case _ _
16 _ _ PRON NN _ 13 nmod _ _
17 _ _ PRON WDT _ 18 nsubj _ _
18 _ _ VERB VB _ 16 acl:relcl _ _
19 _ _ PRON PRP _ 18 dobj _ _
20 _ _ VERB VB _ 18 xcomp _ _
21 _ _ PRON NN _ 20 dobj _ _
22 _ _ PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 _ _ X GW _ 2 goeswith _ _
2 _ _ ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _
3 _ _ PRON PRP _ 7 expl _ _
4 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 cop _ _
5 _ _ DET DT _ 7 det _ _
6 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 7 amod _ _
7 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
8 _ _ PART TO _ 9 mark _ _
9 _ _ VERB VB _ 7 csubj _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 dobj _ _
11 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
220 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl.
211 instances of expl (96%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.65454545454545.
The following 8 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (156; 71% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (29; 13% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (17; 8% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (9; 4% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (4; 2% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (2; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (2; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).
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1 If _ SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ _
2 that _ PRON DEM-SG _ 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 's _ AUX PRES _ 4 cop _ _
4 true _ ADJ POS _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
5 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 3 punct _ _
6 then _ ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ _
7 there _ PRON EX _ 8 expl _ SpaceAfter=No
8 's _ VERB PRES _ 0 root _ _
9 no _ DET NEG _ 10 advmod _ _
10 hope _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . _ PUNCT Period _ 8 punct _ _
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1 There _ PRON EX _ 4 expl _ _
2 are _ AUX PRES _ 4 cop _ _
3 raisons _ NOUN PL-NOM-FGN _ 4 compound _ _
4 d'etat _ NOUN SG-NOM-FGN _ 0 root _ _
5 and _ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ _
6 there _ PRON EX _ 9 expl _ _
7 are _ AUX PRES _ 9 cop _ _
8 private _ ADJ POS _ 9 amod _ _
9 crimes _ NOUN PL-NOM _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . _ PUNCT Period _ 4 punct _ _
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1 Is _ AUX PRES _ 3 cop _ _
2 it _ PRON PERS-SG _ 3 expl _ _
3 possible _ ADJ POS _ 0 root _ _
4 that _ SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ _
5 you _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 6 nsubj _ _
6 know _ VERB PRES _ 3 csubj _ _
7 the _ DET DEF _ 8 det _ _
8 people _ NOUN PL-NOM _ 6 obj _ _
9 involved _ VERB PASS _ 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 ? _ PUNCT QuestionMark _ 3 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ParTUT)
This relation is universal.
93 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl.
78 instances of expl (84%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.70967741935484.
The following 7 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (43; 46% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (26; 28% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (17; 18% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (3; 3% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (2; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADV (1; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances).
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1 Why why ADV B _ 2 advmod _ _
2 are be VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
3 there there ADV B _ 2 expl _ _
4 no no DET DI PronType=Ind 6 det _ _
5 fire fire NOUN S Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _
6 instructions instructions NOUN S Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
7 ? ? PUNCT FS _ 2 punct _ _
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1 However however ADV B _ 5 advmod _ _
2 it it PRON PE Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ _
3 is be AUX VA Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _
4 perhaps perhaps ADV B _ 5 advmod _ _
5 relevant relevant ADJ A Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
6 that that SCONJ CS _ 10 mark _ _
7 the the DET RD Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _
8 bubonic bubonic ADJ A Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _
9 plague plague NOUN S Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _
10 raged rage VERB V Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 csubj _ _
11 in in ADP E _ 12 case _ _
12 London London PROPN SP _ 10 obl _ _
13 throughout throughout ADP E _ 14 case _ _
14 1609 1609 NUM N NumType=Card 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
15 . . PUNCT FS _ 5 punct _ _
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1 Delays delay NOUN S Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _
2 in in ADP E _ 6 case _ _
3 the the DET RD Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _
4 CEN CEN PROPN SP _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
5 's 's PART PART _ 4 case _ _
6 work work NOUN S Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
7 are be AUX VA Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _
8 now now ADV B _ 9 advmod _ _
9 making make VERB V VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _
10 it it PRON PE Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 expl _ _
11 difficult difficult ADJ A Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _
12 to to ADP E _ 13 case _ _
13 apply apply VERB V VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _
14 this this DET DD Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _
15 very very ADJ A Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _
16 Directive Directive NOUN S Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
17 . . PUNCT FS _ 9 punct _ _
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