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case: case marking

In Japanese, case markers are particles attaching to a noun phrase. The particles are tagged as “ADP” in UD Japanese.

Typical case markers are as follows:

太郎 が 東京 へ 行く 。\n Taro NOM Tokyo TO go .
case(太郎, が)
case(東京, へ)
nsubj(行く, 太郎)
nmod(行く, 東京)
太郎 の 家 \n Taro OF house
case(太郎, の)
nmod(家, 太郎)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Japanese)

This relation is universal.

38444 nodes (22%) are attached to their parents as case.

38444 instances of case (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.27075746540422.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with case: ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADP (27997; 73% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/ADP (3982; 10% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/ADP (2154; 6% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/ADP (1992; 5% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/ADP (972; 3% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PART (510; 1% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/ADP (417; 1% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/PART (148; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/ADP (83; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/PART (76; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/PART (75; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/PART (15; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/PART (13; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/PART (8; 0% instances), ja-pos/CCONJ-ja-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances).

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1	ただし	ただし	CCONJ	_	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	、	、	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	50	50	NUM	_	NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	周年	周年	NOUN	_	_	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ソング	ソング	NOUN	_	_	18	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	に	に	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	変更	変更	NOUN	_	_	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	後	後	NOUN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	は	は	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	、	、	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ED	ED	PROPN	_	_	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	も	も	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	歌	歌	NOUN	_	_	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	つき	つき	NOUN	_	_	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	の	の	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	もの	もの	NOUN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	が	が	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	使わ	使う	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	れ	れる	AUX	_	_	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	た	た	AUX	_	_	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	。	。	PUNCT	_	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

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1	ただし	ただし	CCONJ	_	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	、	、	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	50	50	NUM	_	NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	周年	周年	NOUN	_	_	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ソング	ソング	NOUN	_	_	18	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	に	に	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	変更	変更	NOUN	_	_	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	後	後	NOUN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	は	は	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	、	、	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ED	ED	PROPN	_	_	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	も	も	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	歌	歌	NOUN	_	_	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	つき	つき	NOUN	_	_	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	の	の	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	もの	もの	NOUN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	が	が	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	使わ	使う	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	れ	れる	AUX	_	_	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	た	た	AUX	_	_	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	。	。	PUNCT	_	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No

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1	私	私	PRON	_	_	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	は	は	ADP	_	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	初めて	初めて	ADV	_	_	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	だっ	だ	AUX	_	_	3	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	た	た	AUX	_	_	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ん	ん	PART	_	_	3	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	だ	だ	AUX	_	_	3	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	けど	けど	SCONJ	_	_	3	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	思っ	思う	VERB	_	_	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	て	て	SCONJ	_	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	い	いる	AUX	_	_	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	た	た	AUX	_	_	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	より	より	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	も	も	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	魚	魚	NOUN	_	_	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	は	は	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	新鮮	新鮮	ADJ	_	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	でし	だ	AUX	_	_	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	た	た	AUX	_	_	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	。	。	PUNCT	_	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No


Treebank Statistics (UD_Japanese-KTC)

This relation is universal.

39577 nodes (21%) are attached to their parents as case.

39430 instances of case (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 1.47550344897289.

The following 25 pairs of parts of speech are connected with case: ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADP (33990; 86% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/ADP (1784; 5% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/ADP (1496; 4% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PART (908; 2% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/ADP (594; 2% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/ADP (170; 0% instances), ja-pos/PRON-ja-pos/PART (147; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/NOUN (112; 0% instances), ja-pos/VERB-ja-pos/PART (106; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/ADP (67; 0% instances), ja-pos/CONJ-ja-pos/ADP (66; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/PART (53; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/ADP (25; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/PART (15; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PRON (8; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/NOUN (7; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), ja-pos/CONJ-ja-pos/PART (5; 0% instances), ja-pos/INTJ-ja-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), ja-pos/NUM-ja-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADV-ja-pos/PART (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/PROPN-ja-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ja-pos/ADJ-ja-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ja-pos/NOUN-ja-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	2	compound	_	Offset=0-3
2	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	6	nsubj	_	Offset=3-4
3	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	2	case	_	Offset=4-5
4	_	_	ADJ	ADJ	_	6	iobj	_	Offset=5-8
5	_	だ	AUX	AUX	_	4	aux	_	Offset=8-9
6	_	為る	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=9-10
7	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	6	aux	_	Offset=10-11
8	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	6	punct	_	Offset=11-12

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1	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	31	nmod	_	Offset=0-4
2	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	1	case	_	Offset=4-5
3	_	因る	VERB	VERB	_	2	mwe	_	Offset=5-7
4	_	_	SCONJ	SCONJ	_	2	mwe	_	Offset=7-8
5	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	1	punct	_	Offset=8-9
6	_	_	NUM	NUM	_	7	nummod	_	Offset=9-10
7	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	13	nmod	_	Offset=10-11
8	_	モスクワ-Moskva	PROPN	PROPN	_	13	nmod	_	Offset=11-15
9	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	8	case	_	Offset=15-16
10	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	11	compound	_	Offset=16-18
11	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	13	dobj	_	Offset=18-20
12	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	11	case	_	Offset=20-21
13	_	_	VERB	VERB	_	18	acl	_	Offset=21-23
14	_	為る	AUX	AUX	_	13	aux	_	Offset=23-24
15	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	13	aux	_	Offset=24-25
16	_	グラチョフ-外国	PROPN	PROPN	_	18	compound	_	Offset=25-30
17	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	18	compound	_	Offset=30-32
18	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	28	nsubj	_	Offset=32-33
19	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	18	case	_	Offset=33-34
20	_	モスクワ-Moskva	PROPN	PROPN	_	21	compound	_	Offset=34-38
21	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	23	dobj	_	Offset=38-40
22	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	21	case	_	Offset=40-41
23	_	_	VERB	VERB	_	28	advcl	_	Offset=41-43
24	_	為る	AUX	AUX	_	23	aux	_	Offset=43-44
25	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	23	punct	_	Offset=44-45
26	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	28	iobj	_	Offset=45-47
27	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	26	case	_	Offset=47-48
28	_	留まる	VERB	VERB	_	31	acl	_	Offset=48-52
29	_	_	SCONJ	SCONJ	_	28	mark	_	Offset=52-53
30	_	居る	AUX	AUX	_	28	aux	_	Offset=53-55
31	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	0	root	_	Offset=55-57
32	_	_	AUX	AUX	_	31	cop	_	Offset=57-58
33	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	31	punct	_	Offset=58-59

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1	_	_	NUM	NUM	_	2	nummod	_	Offset=0-1
2	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nsubj	_	Offset=1-2
3	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	2	case	_	Offset=2-3
4	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	dobj	_	Offset=3-5
5	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	4	case	_	Offset=5-6
6	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	7	compound	_	Offset=6-8
7	_	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	dep	_	Offset=8-10
8	_	為る	VERB	VERB	_	12	iobj	_	Offset=10-11
9	_	_	SCONJ	SCONJ	_	8	mark	_	Offset=11-12
10	_	居る	AUX	AUX	_	8	aux	_	Offset=12-14
11	_	_	ADP	ADP	_	8	case	_	Offset=14-15
12	_	言う	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	Offset=15-17
13	_	_	PUNCT	PUNCT	_	12	punct	_	Offset=17-18


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