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nsubj: nominal subject

A nominal subject is a nominal phrase which is the subject of a clause. The governor of the nsubj relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun.

Jeg har ingenting mer å si om det nå \n I have nothing more to say about that now
nsubj(har,Jeg)
Dette svaret er viktig for Frp \n This answer is important for Frp
nsubj(viktig,svaret)

Note that in cases where there is an expletive subject (expl), the nsubj relation is used to express the potential/postposed subject:

Det eksisterer allerede en debatt \n There already exists a debate
expl(eksisterer-2,Det-1)
nsubj(eksisterer-2,debatt-5)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Norwegian-Bokmaal)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nsubj: nsubj:pass.

25506 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

21364 instances of nsubj (84%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.42068532894221.

The following 52 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: no-pos/VERB-no-pos/PRON (10572; 41% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/NOUN (6183; 24% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/PROPN (3560; 14% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/PRON (1050; 4% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/NOUN (951; 4% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/PRON (835; 3% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/NOUN (624; 2% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/ADJ (381; 1% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/PROPN (309; 1% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/PROPN (192; 1% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/DET (101; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/PRON (64; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/NOUN (57; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/NUM (54; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/PRON (53; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/NOUN (47; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/NOUN (46; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/PRON (45; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/PRON (36; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/ADJ (34; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/NOUN (32; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/NOUN (32; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/ADJ (27; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/PROPN (26; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/PRON (25; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/PRON (24; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/PROPN (19; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/NOUN (12; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/DET (11; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/DET (10; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/ADJ (10; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/SCONJ (10; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/PROPN (9; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/NUM (8; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/NUM (6; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/X (2; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), no-pos/AUX-no-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), no-pos/INTJ-no-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/DET (1; 0% instances).

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1	Dette	dette	PRON	_	Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
2	uaktet	uaktet	ADP	_	_	8	mark	_	_
3	at	at	SCONJ	_	_	8	mark	_	_
4	også	også	ADV	_	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	han	han	PRON	_	Animacy=Hum|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	selv	selv	DET	_	PronType=Prs	5	det	_	_
7	har	ha	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	underskrevet	underskrive	VERB	_	VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	dommen	dom	NOUN	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	$.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Hvordan	hvordan	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	behandler	behandle	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	meddommeren	meddommer	NOUN	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	dyr	dyr	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	$?	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
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1	Og	og	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Aftenposten	Aftenposten	PROPN	_	Gender=Masc	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leverer	levere	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	$,	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_
5	også	også	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	her	her	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	$.	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Norwegian-Nynorsk)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nsubj: nsubj:pass.

24985 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

20534 instances of nsubj (82%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.5374824894937.

The following 57 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: no-pos/VERB-no-pos/PRON (9197; 37% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/NOUN (7588; 30% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/PROPN (2517; 10% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/NOUN (1267; 5% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/PRON (1112; 4% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/PRON (825; 3% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/NOUN (791; 3% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/ADJ (401; 2% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/PROPN (236; 1% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/PROPN (143; 1% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/DET (103; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/ADJ (72; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/NOUN (69; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/NOUN (65; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/PRON (62; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/NOUN (57; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/NUM (57; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/PRON (55; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/NOUN (39; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/PRON (38; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/ADJ (32; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/NOUN (25; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/PRON (24; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/PROPN (21; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/PRON (20; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/DET (17; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/NOUN (16; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/DET (15; 0% instances), no-pos/DET-no-pos/PROPN (14; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/PRON (14; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/NUM (13; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/PROPN (12; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/PROPN (11; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/NUM (10; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/SCONJ (4; 0% instances), no-pos/X-no-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), no-pos/NUM-no-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/X (3; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/SCONJ (2; 0% instances), no-pos/ADJ-no-pos/X (2; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/X (2; 0% instances), no-pos/PRON-no-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), no-pos/ADP-no-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), no-pos/ADV-no-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/INTJ (1; 0% instances), no-pos/NOUN-no-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), no-pos/PROPN-no-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), no-pos/VERB-no-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), no-pos/X-no-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	I	i	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	_
2	dag	dag	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	har	ha	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	eg	eg	PRON	_	Animacy=Hum|Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fylt	fyle	VERB	_	VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	dei	dei	PRON	_	Animacy=Hum|Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	med	med	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
8	steikt	steikje	ADJ	_	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|VerbForm=Part	9	amod	_	_
9	kyllingkjøtdeig	kyllingkjøtdeig	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	$.	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Dette	dette	DET	_	Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	stykket	stykke	NOUN	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	skal	skulle	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	brettast	brette	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	opp	opp	ADP	_	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	etterpå	etterpå	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	$.	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
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1	Sverige	Sverige	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gjekk	gå	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gjennom	gjennom	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
4	store	stor	ADJ	_	Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	5	amod	_	_
5	nedskjeringar	nedskjering	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	utetter	utetter	ADP	_	_	8	obl	_	_
7	i	i	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
8	1990-åra	1990-år	NOUN	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	$.	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]