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nmod: nominal modifier

The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers of nouns or noun phrases.

Le résultat de la course \n The result of the race
nmod(résultat, course)
case(course, de)
Maman prend bien soin de ses enfants \n Mother takes good care of her children
nmod(soin, enfants)
case(enfants, de)

Here are some examples from FrenchSpoken:

il est à l' opéra de Vienne \n he is at the opera of Vienna
nmod(opéra,Vienne)
case(Vienne,de)
c'est un virus qui a fait le tour du monde \n it's a virus which went around the world
nmod(tour,monde)
case(monde,du)

N.B.: Apart from the usual nmod relation, FrenchSpoken also uses the nmod:appos relation for nominal modifiers which are not introduced by a preposition.


Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:poss.

32940 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

32361 instances of nmod (98%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.18785670916818.

The following 62 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (19922; 60% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (6904; 21% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (2086; 6% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (1300; 4% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (585; 2% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (462; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (461; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NUM (238; 1% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NOUN (149; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NOUN (122; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PROPN (97; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SYM (92; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NUM (89; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (57; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (49; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (48; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PROPN (37; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PRON (23; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/NOUN (20; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NUM (19; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (18; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/SYM (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NUM (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PROPN (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PROPN (9; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/X (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/CCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/CCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Aviator	Aviator	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	sur	sur	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	la	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vie	vie	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Aviator	Aviator	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	sur	sur	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	la	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vie	vie	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Ils	il	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	seront	être	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	inaugurés	inaugurer	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	septembre	septembre	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	1975	1975	NUM	_	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_French-ParTUT)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:poss.

1516 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

1487 instances of nmod (98%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.37598944591029.

The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (1259; 83% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (122; 8% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (22; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (21; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (20; 1% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PROPN (16; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (14; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	L'	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	acceptant	acceptant	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	ne	ne	PART	PART	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	peut	pouvoir	AUX	VM	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	pas	pas	ADV	BN	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	céder	céder	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	de	de	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	droits	droit	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	sur	sur	ADP	E	_	11	case	_	_
10	l'	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	oeuvre	oeuvre	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	(	(	PUNCT	FB	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Applaudissements	applaudissemnt	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	E	_	5	case	_	_
4	le	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	groupe	groupe	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	PSE	PSE	PROPN	SP	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	FB	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Et	et	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	certains	certain	PRON	PI	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	E	_	5	case	_	_
4	ces	ce	DET	DD	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	échantillons	échantillon	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	étaient	être	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	de	de	ADP	E	_	9	case	_	_
8	la	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	viande	viande	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	de	de	ADP	E	_	11	case	_	_
11	baleine	baleine	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	9	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_French-Sequoia)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:poss.

5432 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

5370 instances of nmod (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.20655375552283.

The following 21 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (3992; 73% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (1028; 19% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (130; 2% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (74; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (57; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (45; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (37; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (18; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NUM (17; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/CCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances).

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1	Ouverture	ouverture	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	tous	tout	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	amod	_	_
3	les	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jours	jour	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	sauf	sauf	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	le	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lundi	lundi	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	14	14	NUM	_	NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	h	h	NOUN	_	_	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	30	30	NUM	_	NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
12	à	à	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	_
13	18	18	NUM	_	NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	h	h	NOUN	_	_	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	vice-président	vice-président	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	André	André	PROPN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	Ménétrez	Ménétrez	PROPN	_	_	3	flat:name	_	_
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Wikipédia	Wikipédia	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	_
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ébauche	ébauche	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	droit	droit	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_


nmod 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]