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acl: clausal modifier of noun

The dependency type acl is used for relative clauses and clausal complements of nouns. For a relative clause, the head of the dependency is the noun modified by the clause, and the dependant is the main predicate of the clause.

太郎 が 食べ た リンゴ \n Taro NOM eat PAST apple
acl(リンゴ, 食べ)
case(太郎, が)
aux(食べ, た)

Formal noun こと / koto “fact” can have a clausal complement and forms a noun phrase denoting the action expressed by the clause. For a example, 走る / hashiru “run” こと / koto “fact” means running (or a fact that someone runs).

ほめ られ た こと \n praise PASSIVE PAST fact
acl(こと, ほめ)
auxpass(ほめ, られ)
aux(ほめ, た)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Japanese)

This relation is universal.

13863 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as acl.

13863 instances of acl (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 6.35028493111159.

The following 38 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/VERB (5528; 40% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/VERB (4141; 30% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADJ (1385; 10% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/ADJ (1241; 9% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/VERB (542; 4% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/VERB (324; 2% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/ADJ (221; 2% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NOUN (134; 1% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/VERB (82; 1% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/NOUN (57; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/ADJ (47; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/NUM (27; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/VERB (17; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/VERB (14; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/ADV (14; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PROPN (13; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NUM (12; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/ADJ (10; 0% instances), ja-pos/PUNCT-ja-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/ADJ (5; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/CCONJ-ja-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), ja-pos/PUNCT-ja-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADP-ja-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/CCONJ-ja-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADP-ja-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/SYM-ja-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/SYM-ja-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

# visual-style 11	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 22	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 22	fgColor:white
# visual-style 22 11 acl	color:blue
1	同僚	同僚	NOUN	_	_	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	教師	教師	NOUN	_	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	の	の	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	すみれ	すみれ	PROPN	_	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	と	と	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	彩	彩	PROPN	_	_	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	は	は	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	そんな	そんな	ADJ	_	_	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	夕子	夕子	PROPN	_	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	と	と	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	意気投合	意気投合	VERB	_	_	22	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	し	する	AUX	_	_	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	、	、	PUNCT	_	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	問題	問題	NOUN	_	_	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	を	を	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	解決	解決	VERB	_	_	22	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	する	する	AUX	_	_	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	ため	ため	SCONJ	_	_	16	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	行動	行動	NOUN	_	_	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	を	を	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	共に	共に	ADV	_	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	する	する	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	。	。	PUNCT	_	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 5	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5 3 acl	color:blue
1	背中	背中	NOUN	_	_	3	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	に	に	ADP	_	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	背負っ	背負う	VERB	_	_	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	た	た	AUX	_	_	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ブースター	ブースター	NOUN	_	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	を	を	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	使っ	使う	VERB	_	_	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	て	て	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	空中	空中	NOUN	_	_	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	飛行	飛行	NOUN	_	_	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	を	を	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	行う	行う	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	。	。	PUNCT	_	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

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# visual-style 4	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 4 3 acl	color:blue
1	姉	姉	NOUN	_	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	と	と	ADP	_	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	同じ	同じ	ADJ	_	_	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	先生	先生	NOUN	_	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	だっ	だ	AUX	_	_	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	た	た	AUX	_	_	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ので	ので	SCONJ	_	_	4	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	、	、	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	話	話	NOUN	_	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	やすかっ	やすい	ADJ	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	た	た	AUX	_	_	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	です	だ	AUX	_	_	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	。	。	PUNCT	_	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No


Treebank Statistics (UD_Japanese-KTC)

This relation is universal.

5910 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as acl.

5910 instances of acl (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.97478849407783.

The following 23 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/VERB (4834; 82% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NOUN (450; 8% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADJ (408; 7% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/VERB (129; 2% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/DET (15; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/NOUN (14; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADV (10; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/VERB (9; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/VERB (7; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), ja-pos/CONJ-ja-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/CONJ-ja-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

# visual-style 8	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 11	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 11	fgColor:white
# visual-style 11 8 acl	color:blue
1	_	然し	CONJ	CONJ	_	13	cc	_	Offset=0-3
2	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	1	punct	_	Offset=3-4
3	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	4	compound	_	Offset=4-5
4	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nsubj	_	Offset=5-8
5	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	4	case	_	Offset=8-9
6	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	iobj	_	Offset=9-12
7	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	6	case	_	Offset=12-13
8	_	_	VERB	VERB	_	11	acl	_	Offset=13-15
9	_	為る	AUX	AUX	_	8	aux	_	Offset=15-16
10	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	8	aux	_	Offset=16-17
11	_	事	NOUN	NOUN	_	13	nsubj	_	Offset=17-19
12	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	11	case	_	Offset=19-20
13	_	有る	VERB	VERB	_	25	advcl	_	Offset=20-22
14	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	13	punct	_	Offset=22-23
15	_	クボ	PROPN	PROPN	_	16	compound	_	Offset=23-25
16	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	25	nsubj	_	Offset=25-26
17	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	16	case	_	Offset=26-27
18	_	先駆け	NOUN	NOUN	_	21	nmod	_	Offset=27-31
19	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	18	case	_	Offset=31-32
20	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	18	case	_	Offset=32-33
21	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	25	iobj	_	Offset=33-35
22	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	21	case	_	Offset=35-36
23	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	25	dobj	_	Offset=36-38
24	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	23	case	_	Offset=38-39
25	_	持つ	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=39-41
26	_	_	SCONJ	SCONJ	_	25	mark	_	Offset=41-42
27	_	居る	AUX	AUX	_	25	aux	_	Offset=42-44
28	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	25	punct	_	Offset=44-45

# visual-style 9	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 12	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 12	fgColor:white
# visual-style 12 9 acl	color:blue
1	_	_	ADV	ADV	_	12	advmod	_	Offset=0-2
2	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	3	compound	_	Offset=2-3
3	_	_	PROPN	PROPN	_	4	compound	_	Offset=3-5
4	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	dobj	_	Offset=5-7
5	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	4	case	_	Offset=7-8
6	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nmod	_	Offset=8-10
7	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	6	case	_	Offset=10-12
8	_	作る	VERB	VERB	_	9	acl	_	Offset=12-15
9	_	積り	NOUN	NOUN	_	12	acl	_	Offset=15-18
10	_	だ	AUX	AUX	_	9	cop	_	Offset=18-20
11	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	9	aux	_	Offset=20-21
12	_	訳	NOUN	NOUN	_	0	root	_	Offset=21-23
13	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	12	case	_	Offset=23-24
14	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	12	dep	_	Offset=24-25
15	_	無い	AUX	AUX	_	12	dep	_	Offset=25-27
16	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	12	punct	_	Offset=27-28

# visual-style 4	bgColor:blue
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# visual-style 5	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5 4 acl	color:blue
1	_	_	ADJ	ADJ	_	2	amod	_	Offset=0-3
2	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	4	nsubj	_	Offset=3-5
3	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	2	case	_	Offset=5-6
4	_	_	ADJ	ADJ	_	5	acl	_	Offset=6-8
5	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	7	nmod	_	Offset=8-10
6	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	5	case	_	Offset=10-11
7	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	9	nsubj	_	Offset=11-12
8	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	7	case	_	Offset=12-13
9	_	勝つ	VERB	VERB	_	18	iobj	_	Offset=13-15
10	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	9	punct	_	Offset=15-16
11	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	13	nsubj	_	Offset=16-18
12	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	11	case	_	Offset=18-19
13	_	_	ADJ	ADJ	_	14	acl	_	Offset=19-21
14	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	16	dep	_	Offset=21-23
15	_	_	PART	PART	_	14	case	_	Offset=23-25
16	_	_	VERB	VERB	_	9	conj	_	Offset=25-28
17	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	9	case	_	Offset=28-29
18	_	_	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=29-31
19	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	18	punct	_	Offset=31-32


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