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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects of the non-copular clause.

Kass nägi koera .  
nsubj (nägi-2, Kass-1)
dobj (nägi-2, koera-3)
punct (nägi-2, .-4)

The cat saw the dog.


Treebank Statistics (UD_Estonian)

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

3076 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

2177 instances of nsubj (71%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.88621586475943.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: et-pos/VERB-et-pos/NOUN (1380; 45% instances), et-pos/VERB-et-pos/PRON (989; 32% instances), et-pos/VERB-et-pos/PROPN (657; 21% instances), et-pos/VERB-et-pos/ADJ (14; 0% instances), et-pos/NOUN-et-pos/NOUN (10; 0% instances), et-pos/ADJ-et-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), et-pos/ADJ-et-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), et-pos/VERB-et-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), et-pos/ADV-et-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), et-pos/AUX-et-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), et-pos/PRON-et-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), et-pos/ADV-et-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), et-pos/AUX-et-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), et-pos/NOUN-et-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), et-pos/PRON-et-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Indrikson	Indrikson	PROPN	S	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teadis	teadma	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	ju	ju	ADV	D	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	Z	_	8	punct	_	_
5	millist	milline	DET	P	Case=Par|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel	6	det	_	_
6	palka	palk	NOUN	S	Case=Par|Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
7	näitlejad	näitleja	NOUN	S	Case=Nom|Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saavad	saama	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	Z	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Kurat	kurat	INTJ	I	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	Z	_	5	punct	_	_
3	mis	mis	PRON	P	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	ma	mina	PRON	P	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	teen	tegema	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	Z	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mõtles	mõtlema	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
8	ta	tema	PRON	P	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
9	jahmunult	jahmunult	ADV	D	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	Z	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Indrikson	Indrikson	PROPN	S	Case=Nom|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teadis	teadma	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	ju	ju	ADV	D	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	Z	_	8	punct	_	_
5	millist	milline	DET	P	Case=Par|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel	6	det	_	_
6	palka	palk	NOUN	S	Case=Par|Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
7	näitlejad	näitleja	NOUN	S	Case=Nom|Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saavad	saama	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	Z	_	2	punct	_	_


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