nsubj: nominal subject
A nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause.
Examples
Rachaidh sí abhaile `She will go home’
Rachaidh sí abhaile \n Will_go she home
nsubj(Rachaidh, sí)
In a copula construction, the nsubj is dependent on the predicate (in this case the noun réitigh ‘solution’).
Is réitigh sealadach iad `They are temporary solutions’
Is réitigh sealadach iad \n Is temporary solutions they
nsubj(réitigh, iad)
cop(réitigh, Is)
The head of an infinitival phrase can also be nsubj in a copula construction – in Irish, the infinitive verb form is a verbal noun.
Ar mhaith leat teach a cheannach ? ‘Would you like to buy a house?’
Ar mhaith leat teach a cheannach ? \n Is good with_you house to buy?
nsubj(mhaith, cheannach)
Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)
This relation is universal.
938 nodes (7%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.
815 instances of nsubj (87%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.636460554371.
The following 35 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NOUN (403; 43% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PRON (222; 24% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PART (108; 12% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/PROPN (55; 6% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/NOUN (37; 4% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NOUN (25; 3% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PRON (21; 2% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/NOUN (11; 1% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/PRON (8; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PART (6; 1% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/X (5; 1% instances), ga-pos/AUX-ga-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/AUX-ga-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/AUX-ga-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/CCONJ-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/CCONJ-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/CCONJ-ga-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/SCONJ-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).
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1 Ansin ansin ADV Loc _ 6 advmod _ _
2 nach is AUX Cop Mood=Int|Polarity=Neg|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Cop 6 cop _ _
3 deas deas ADJ Adj Degree=Pos 6 xcomp:pred _ _
4 mar mar SCONJ Subord _ 6 mark _ _
5 a a PART Vb PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel 6 mark:prt _ _
6 bheadh bí VERB Cond Form=Len|Mood=Cnd 0 root _ _
7 an an DET Art Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
8 scéal scéal NOUN Noun Case=NomAcc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _
9 a'm ag ADP Prep Number=Sing|Person=1 6 obl:prep _ SpaceAfter=No
10 ? ? PUNCT ? _ 6 punct _ _
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1 Tógann tóg VERB VTI Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres 0 root _ _
2 sé sé PRON Pers Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 nsubj _ _
3 amach amach ADV Dir _ 1 advmod _ _
4 biro biro X Foreign Foreign=Yes 1 obj _ _
5 dearg dearg ADJ Adj Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No
6 ) ) PUNCT Punct _ 7 punct _ _
7 MAIDHC maidhc NOUN Noun Case=NomAcc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 compound _ SpaceAfter=No
8 : : PUNCT Punct _ 7 punct _ _
9 ( ( PUNCT Punct _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
10 Á do ADP Poss Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 case _ _
11 stopadh stopadh NOUN Noun VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 Is is AUX Cop Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Cop 2 cop _ _
2 beag beag ADJ Adj Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
3 planda planda NOUN Noun Case=NomAcc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _
4 a a PART Vb PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _
5 fhásann fás VERB PresInd Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres 3 acl:relcl _ _
6 i i ADP Simp _ 7 case _ _
7 dteocht teocht NOUN Noun Case=NomAcc|Form=Ecl|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 obl _ _
8 faoi faoi ADP Cmpd PrepForm=Cmpd 10 case _ _
9 bhun bhun ADP Cmpd _ 8 fixed _ _
10 4C 4C X Abr Abbr=Yes 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _
nsubj 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]