nsubj: nominal subject
The nsubj marks nominal subjects of the non-copular clause. Being Basque a morphologically ergative language, subjects of transitive verbs are marked with the ergative case, while subjects of intransitive verbs are marked with the absolutive case.
Example of a subject in an intransitive sentence (ABS case):
Bi zati hauek markaturik dauden tokietatik tolesten dira .
These two parts fold by the sites that are marked .
Bi zati hauek markaturik dauden tokietatik tolesten dira .\n Two parts these marked are_that sites_the_by fold .
det(zati-2, Bi-1)
nsubj(tolesten-7, zati-2)
det(zati-2, hauek-3)
acl(tokietatik-6, markaturik-4)
cop(markaturik-4, dauden-5)
nmod(tolesten-7, tokietatik-6)
aux(tolesten-7, dira-8)
punct(tolesten-7, .-9)
Example of a subject in a transitive sentence (ERG case):
Eztabaida handia sortu du aldaketak .
The change has caused a huge discussion .
Eztabaida handia sortu du aldaketak .\n Discussion huge_a caused has change_the .
amod(Eztabaida-1, handia-2)
dobj(sortu-3, Eztabaida-1)
aux(sortu-3, du-4)
nsubj(sortu-3, aldaketak-5)
punct(sortu-3, .-6)
Being Basque a free word order language, arguments of the verb can appear in different orders with respect to the verb.
Aldaketak eztabaida handia sortu du .
The change has caused a huge discussion .
Aldaketak eztabaida handia sortu du .\n Change_the discussion huge_a caused has .
nsubj(sortu-4, Aldaketak-1)
amod(eztabaida-2, handia-3)
dobj(sortu-4, eztabaida-2)
aux(sortu-4, du-5)
punct(sortu-4, .-6)
Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)
This relation is universal.
6979 nodes (7%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.
5649 instances of nsubj (81%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.32282561971629.
The following 69 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NOUN (3538; 51% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PROPN (1564; 22% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NOUN (262; 4% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/DET (253; 4% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/NOUN (249; 4% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PRON (175; 3% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/ADJ (162; 2% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/PROPN (127; 2% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NUM (84; 1% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/DET (71; 1% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/VERB (65; 1% instances), eu-pos/CCONJ-eu-pos/NOUN (33; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/PROPN (32; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/DET (29; 0% instances), eu-pos/CCONJ-eu-pos/PROPN (26; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/NOUN (24; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/NOUN (21; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/NOUN (19; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/ADJ (16; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/VERB (14; 0% instances), eu-pos/CCONJ-eu-pos/NUM (12; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NUM (12; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/PROPN (11; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/DET (6; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/CCONJ-eu-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/CCONJ-eu-pos/DET (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/DET (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/CCONJ-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PRON-eu-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PART-eu-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PRON-eu-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PRON-eu-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances).
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1 Atenasen Atenas PROPN _ Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 8 obl _ _
2 ordea ordea CCONJ _ _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
3 , , PUNCT _ _ 8 punct _ _
4 beste beste DET _ _ 6 det _ _
5 bost bost NUM _ NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _
6 jarduera jarduera NOUN _ Case=Abs|Definite=Ind 8 nsubj _ _
7 gehiago gehiago DET _ Case=Abs|Definite=Ind 6 det _ _
8 izan izan VERB _ Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _
9 daitezke *edin AUX _ Mood=Pot|Number[abs]=Plur|Person[abs]=3 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT _ _ 8 punct _ _
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1 Athleticek Athletic PROPN _ Case=Erg|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _
2 presio presio NOUN _ _ 4 obj _ _
3 itzela itzel ADJ _ Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 2 amod _ _
4 pairatu pairatu VERB _ VerbForm=Part 5 xcomp _ _
5 beharko behar_izan VERB _ _ 0 root _ _
6 du *edun AUX _ Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ _
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1 Arabiera arabiera NOUN _ Animacy=Inan|Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _
2 da izan AUX _ Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3 4 cop _ _
3 Jordaniako Jordania PROPN _ Case=Loc|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _
4 hizkuntza hizkuntza NOUN _ _ 0 root _ _
5 nagusia nagusi ADJ _ Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No
6 . . PUNCT _ _ 4 punct _ _
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