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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects a clause.

Азамат ағашқа қарай жүгірді . \n Azamat tree-to towards ran .
nsubj(жүгірді-4, Азамат-1)
case(ағашқа-2, қарай-3)
punct(жүгірді-4, .-5)
nmod(жүгірді-4, ағашқа-2)

Another example:

Мұнда үлкен шара өтеді . \n Here big event takes-place .
nsubj(өтеді-4, шара-3)
amod(шара-3, үлкен-2)
advmod(өтеді-4, Мұнда-1) 
punct(өтеді-4, .-5)

Note that the governor may not always be a verb, in copula predication, non-verbal predicates are possible:

Сары  жылы түс . \n Yellow warm colour .
nsubj(түс-3, Сары-1)
amod(түс-3, жылы-2)
punct(түс-3, .-4)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Kazakh)

This relation is universal.

49 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

45 instances of nsubj (92%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.83673469387755.

The following 12 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: kk-pos/VERB-kk-pos/NOUN (16; 33% instances), kk-pos/VERB-kk-pos/PROPN (11; 22% instances), kk-pos/ADJ-kk-pos/NOUN (7; 14% instances), kk-pos/VERB-kk-pos/PRON (4; 8% instances), kk-pos/NOUN-kk-pos/NUM (3; 6% instances), kk-pos/NOUN-kk-pos/NOUN (2; 4% instances), kk-pos/ADJ-kk-pos/ADJ (1; 2% instances), kk-pos/ADJ-kk-pos/PRON (1; 2% instances), kk-pos/NOUN-kk-pos/PROPN (1; 2% instances), kk-pos/NOUN-kk-pos/VERB (1; 2% instances), kk-pos/PRON-kk-pos/NOUN (1; 2% instances), kk-pos/VERB-kk-pos/NUM (1; 2% instances).

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1	Бала	бала	NOUN	n	Case=Nom	2	obj	_	_
2	сұрады	сұра	VERB	v	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	cm	_	7	punct	_	_
4	қалай	қалай	X	x	_	5	dep	_	_
5	да	да	SCONJ	cnjadv	_	7	cc	_	_
6	бала	бала	NOUN	n	Case=Nom	7	nsubj	_	_
7	болмады	бол	VERB	v	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Neg|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	sent	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Не	не	PRON	prn	Case=Nom|PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
2	істемеді	істе	VERB	v	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Neg|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Шолпан	Шолпан	PROPN	np	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	sent	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	sent	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Бес	бес	NUM	num	NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	жылдың	жыл	NOUN	n	Case=Gen	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	ішінде	іш	NOUN	n	Case=Loc|Number[psor]=Plur,Sing|Person[psor]=3	6	obl	_	_
4	үш	үш	NUM	num	NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	баласы	бала	NOUN	n	Case=Nom|Number[psor]=Plur,Sing|Person[psor]=3	6	nsubj	_	_
6	бар	бар	ADJ	adj	_	0	root	_	_
7	еді	е	AUX	cop	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	sent	_	6	punct	_	_
9	екеуі	екеу	NUM	num	Case=Nom|Number[psor]=Plur,Sing|NumType=Coll|Person[psor]=3	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ұл	ұл	NOUN	n	Case=Nom	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	cm	_	10	punct	_	_
12	біреуі	біреу	NUM	num	Case=Nom|Number[psor]=Plur,Sing|NumType=Coll|Person[psor]=3	13	nsubj	_	_
13	қыз	қыз	NOUN	n	Case=Nom	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	sent	_	13	punct	_	_


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