vocative: vocative
The vocative relation is used to mark dialogue participant addressed
in text (common in emails and newsgroup postings). The relation links
the addressee’s name to its host sentence.
Guys , take it easy!
vocative(take, Guys)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
143 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
77 instances of vocative (54%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.40559440559441.
The following 17 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (44; 31% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (34; 24% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (12; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (12; 8% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (10; 7% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (9; 6% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (6; 4% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PROPN (5; 3% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/DET (2; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NUM (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances).
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1 Malach Malach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _
3 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _
4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _
5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _
6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
7 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
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1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _
2 Morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _
3 Debra Debra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _
4 - - PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _
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1 Welcome welcome INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _
2 Darin Darin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
12 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
6 instances of vocative (50%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.33333333333333.
The following 5 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (7; 58% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (2; 17% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 8% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 8% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 8% instances).
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1 _ _ VERB VB _ 0 root _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 1 dobj _ _
3 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 4 compound _ _
4 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 1 vocative _ _
5 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 4 name _ _
6 _ _ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _
7 _ _ CONJ CC _ 1 cc _ _
8 _ _ INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _
9 _ _ VERB VB _ 1 conj _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 dobj _ _
11 _ _ ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _
12 _ _ PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 _ _ INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _
2 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 7 vocative _ _
3 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
4 _ _ PRON WDT _ 7 nsubj _ _
5 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 cop _ _
6 _ _ DET DT _ 7 det _ _
7 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
8 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 nsubj _ _
9 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 acl:relcl _ _
10 _ _ VERB VBD _ 9 xcomp _ _
11 _ _ ADP IN _ 13 case _ _
12 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 13 nmod:poss _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 10 nmod _ _
14 _ _ ADP IN _ 17 case _ _
15 _ _ DET DT _ 17 det _ _
16 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 17 amod _ _
17 _ _ NOUN NN _ 10 nmod _ _
18 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
19 _ _ CONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _
20 _ _ ADV WRB _ 23 advmod _ _
21 _ _ PRON PRP _ 23 nsubj _ _
22 _ _ AUX MD _ 23 aux _ _
23 _ _ VERB VB _ 30 advcl _ _
24 _ _ DET DT _ 25 det _ _
25 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 dobj _ _
26 _ _ ADP IN _ 28 case _ _
27 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 28 nmod:poss _ _
28 _ _ NOUN NN _ 25 nmod _ _
29 _ _ ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _
30 _ _ VERB VBP _ 7 conj _ _
31 _ _ DET DT _ 35 det _ _
32 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _
33 _ _ PROPN NNP _ 35 compound _ _
34 _ _ PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _
35 _ _ NOUN NN _ 30 dobj _ _
36 _ _ PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _
37 _ _ PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _
38 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 39 amod _ _
39 _ _ NOUN NN _ 30 nmod:npmod _ _
40 _ _ ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _
41 _ _ PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _
42 _ _ CONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _
43 _ _ PRON PRP _ 45 nsubj _ _
44 _ _ AUX MD _ 45 aux _ _
45 _ _ VERB VB _ 30 conj _ _
46 _ _ DET DT _ 47 det _ _
47 _ _ NOUN NN _ 45 dobj _ _
48 _ _ ADP IN _ 51 case _ _
49 _ _ DET DT _ 51 det _ _
50 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 51 amod _ _
51 _ _ NOUN NN _ 47 nmod _ _
52 _ _ PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
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1 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ VERB VBD _ 14 advcl _ _
4 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 dobj _ _
5 _ _ ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _
6 _ _ NOUN NN _ 3 vocative _ _
7 _ _ ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
8 _ _ PRON PRP _ 6 nmod _ _
9 _ _ PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 14 nsubj _ _
11 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 14 cop _ _
12 _ _ DET DT _ 14 det _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NN _ 14 compound _ _
14 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
15 _ _ CONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _
16 _ _ PRON PRP _ 17 nsubj _ _
17 _ _ VERB VBD _ 14 conj _ _
18 _ _ DET DT _ 19 det _ _
19 _ _ NOUN NN _ 17 dobj _ _
20 _ _ ADP IN _ 23 case _ _
21 _ _ DET DT _ 23 det _ _
22 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 compound _ _
23 _ _ NOUN NN _ 19 nmod _ _
24 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 25 amod _ _
25 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 nmod:tmod _ _
26 _ _ PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
67 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
34 instances of vocative (51%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 4.40298507462687.
The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (22; 33% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (20; 30% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (6; 9% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (5; 7% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (3; 4% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 3% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (1; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/INTJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/PROPN (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (1; 1% instances).
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1 Find _ VERB IMP _ 0 root _ _
2 anything _ PRON IND-SG-NOM _ 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 1 punct _ _
4 Dad _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
5 ? _ PUNCT QuestionMark _ 6 punct _ _
6 said _ VERB PAST _ 1 parataxis _ _
7 Fred _ PROPN SG-NOM _ 6 nsubj _ _
8 eagerly _ ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 . _ PUNCT Period _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Thank _ VERB PRES _ 0 root _ _
2 you _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 1 punct _ _
4 Mr _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 5 compound _ _
5 Donnay _ PROPN SG-NOM _ 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
6 . _ PUNCT Period _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Ah _ INTJ _ _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No
2 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 1 punct _ _
3 sir _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No
4 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 3 punct _ _
5 this _ PRON DEM-SG _ 8 nsubj _ _
6 is _ AUX PRES _ 8 cop _ _
7 a _ DET IND-SG _ 8 det _ _
8 danger _ NOUN SG-NOM _ 0 root _ _
9 you _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 12 nsubj _ _
10 must _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 12 aux _ _
11 not _ PART NEG _ 12 advmod _ _
12 face _ VERB INF _ 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No
13 ! _ PUNCT ExclMark _ 8 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ParTUT)
This relation is universal.
43 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as vocative.
38 instances of vocative (88%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 11.1162790697674.
The following 4 pairs of parts of speech are connected with vocative: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (31; 72% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (6; 14% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (5; 12% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/NOUN (1; 2% instances).
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1 Thank thank VERB V Mood=Ind|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
2 you you PRON PE PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT FF _ 1 punct _ _
4 Mr mister NOUN S Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _
5 Segni Segni PROPN SP _ 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No
6 , , PUNCT FF _ 9 punct _ _
7 I I PRON PE Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _
8 shall shall AUX VM Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _
9 do do VERB V VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _
10 so so ADV B _ 9 advmod _ _
11 gladly gladly ADV B _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT FS _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Mr mister NOUN S Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 vocative _ _
2 Cox Cox PROPN SP _ 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT FF _ 4 punct _ _
4 Mr mister NOUN S Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 conj _ _
5 Hänsch Hänsch PROPN SP _ 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No
6 , , PUNCT FF _ 1 punct _ _
7 would will AUX VM Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _
8 this this PRON PD Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _
9 be be AUX VA VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _
10 acceptable acceptable ADJ A Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
11 to to ADP E _ 12 case _ _
12 you you PRON PE Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No
13 ? ? PUNCT FS _ 10 punct _ _
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1 Madam madam NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _
2 President president NOUN S Number=Sing 1 compound _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT FF _ 1 punct _ _
4 on on ADP E _ 6 case _ _
5 a a DET RI Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
6 point point NOUN S Number=Sing 0 root _ _
7 of of ADP E _ 8 case _ _
8 order order NOUN S Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 . . PUNCT FS _ 6 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]