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nsubj: nominal subject

A nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause. The governor of this relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun.

Juan ha invitado a Pedro . \n Juan has invited Pedro .
nsubj(invitado, Juan)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Spanish)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nsubj: nsubj:pass.

15368 nodes (4%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

12684 instances of nsubj (83%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.99973971889641.

The following 72 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: es-pos/VERB-es-pos/NOUN (7299; 47% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/PROPN (2558; 17% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PROPN (1072; 7% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/PRON (1058; 7% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NOUN (953; 6% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NOUN (881; 6% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PRON (184; 1% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/SYM (175; 1% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/SYM (159; 1% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/SYM (144; 1% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/NOUN (133; 1% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PROPN (118; 1% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PRON (102; 1% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NOUN (70; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PROPN (54; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PROPN (53; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/NUM (49; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/X (44; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PRON (28; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/NOUN (25; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/DET (23; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/DET (14; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/ADJ (14; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/X (12; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NUM (8; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NUM (6; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/DET (5; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/X (5; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), es-pos/CCONJ-es-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/X (1; 0% instances), es-pos/CCONJ-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PART-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/X (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/X (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PUNCT-es-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SCONJ-es-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SCONJ-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	El	el	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sitio	sitio	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tiene	tener	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	terraza	terraza	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	en	en	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
6	verano	verano	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	para	para	ADP	_	_	8	mark	_	_
8	comer	comer	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	o	o	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cenar	cenar	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	fuera	fuera	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	El	el	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	12	12	NUM	_	NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	_
4	noviembre	noviembre	PROPN	_	_	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_
6	la	el	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	CNT	cnt	PROPN	_	_	9	nsubj	_	_
8	se	él	PRON	_	Case=Acc,Dat|Person=3|PrepCase=Npr|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	iobj	_	_
9	retira	retirar	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	de	de	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
11	los	el	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	comités	comités	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	de	de	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	_
14	el	el	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	FPA	fpa	PROPN	_	_	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	9	punct	_	_

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1	Su	su	DET	_	Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	det	_	_
2	gentilicio	gentilicio	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	es	ser	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	Chinonais	chinonais	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Spanish-AnCora)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nsubj: nsubj:pass.

26792 nodes (5%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

22248 instances of nsubj (83%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 4.03833233801135.

The following 56 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: es-pos/VERB-es-pos/NOUN (11569; 43% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/PRON (5819; 22% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/PROPN (5085; 19% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NOUN (1022; 4% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NOUN (745; 3% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PRON (430; 2% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/NOUN (332; 1% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PRON (276; 1% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PROPN (274; 1% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/NUM (167; 1% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/ADJ (161; 1% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PROPN (142; 1% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/PRON (100; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/NOUN (89; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/NOUN (63; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NOUN (57; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PRON (40; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/NOUN (34; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PROPN (34; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/ADJ (31; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/SYM (30; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/PROPN (29; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/PROPN (26; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADJ (26; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/NOUN (26; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PRON (22; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PRON (20; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NUM (18; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NUM (14; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/NOUN (12; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/ADJ (10; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), es-pos/CCONJ-es-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/SYM (5; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), es-pos/AUX-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PART-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SCONJ-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	El	el	DET	DET	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	error	error	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	fue	ser	AUX	AUX	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	haber	haber	AUX	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
5	lo	él	PRON	PRON	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
6	comprado	comprar	VERB	VERB	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	en	en	ADP	ADP	AdpType=Prep	8	case	_	_
8	rebajas	rebaja	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Peri	6	punct	_	_

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1	-	-	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Dash	3	punct	_	_
2	Ya	ya	ADV	ADV	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sé	saber	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
4	qué	qué	PRON	PRON	Number=Sing|PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ocurre	ocurrir	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	-	-	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Dash	3	punct	_	_
7	explicó	explicar	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	una	uno	PRON	PRON	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
9	de	de	ADP	ADP	AdpType=Prep	11	case	_	_
10	mis	mi	DET	DET	Number=Plur|Number[psor]=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	det	_	_
11	hijas	hija	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	-	-	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Dash	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Peri	7	punct	_	_

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1	-	-	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Dash	4	punct	_	_
2	Quizá	quizá	ADV	ADV	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	lo	él	PRON	PRON	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
4	lamentemos	lamentar	VERB	VERB	Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
5	más	más	ADV	ADV	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tarde	tarde	ADV	ADV	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	-	-	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Dash	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Comm	4	punct	_	_
9	reconocía	reconocer	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Chechu	Chechu	PROPN	PROPN	_	9	nsubj	_	MWE=Chechu_Biriukov|MWEPOS=PROPN
11	Biriukov	Biriukov	PROPN	PROPN	_	10	flat	_	_
12	...	...	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Comm	9	punct	_	_


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