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appos: appositional modifier

An appositional modifier of a noun is a nominal immediately following the first noun that serves to define or modify that noun (aposto). It includes parenthesized examples, as well as defining abbreviations in one of these structures. This relation is universal.

O modelo Lx 810, da Epson, é vendido em Miami por US$ 178.
appos(modelo, Lx 810)
nmod(modelo, Epson)
O Applause, um sedã quatro portas, com motor 1.6, é o carro mais caro da Daihatsu.
appos(Applause, sedã)
O nome oficial do projeto é Depse 1 (Deep Space Program Science Experiment).
appos(Depse 1, Deep Space Program Science Experiment)

In case of more than one appositive nominal, all nouns should be marked as modifying the first noun, rather than being chained:

Para o terceiro réu, Alexandre Cardoso , 21 , o "Topeira" , o juiz determinou uma pena de 20 anos .
appos(réu, Alexandre Cardoso)
appos(réu, 21)
appos(réu, Topeira)

Note however that nested apposition cannot be completely excluded. It may occur in combination with coordination:

Você pode escolher entre quatro matérias : língua ( alemão ou francês) , economia , tecnologia e arte .
appos(matérias, língua)
conj(língua, economia)
conj(língua, tecnologia)
conj(língua, arte)
cc(língua, e)
appos(língua, alemão)
conj(alemão, francês)
cc(alemão, ou)

appos is also used to link key-value pairs in addresses, signatures, etc. (see also the list label):

Steve Jones Fone: 555-9814 Email: jones@abc.edf
appos(Fone, 555-9814)
appos(Email, jones@abc.edf)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)

This relation is universal.

3071 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as appos.

3069 instances of appos (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.84890915011397.

The following 44 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PROPN (1285; 42% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NOUN (516; 17% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NOUN (502; 16% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PROPN (397; 13% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NUM (71; 2% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NUM (71; 2% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/DET (36; 1% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/SYM (32; 1% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/NOUN (17; 1% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/NOUN (16; 1% instances), pt-pos/SYM-pt-pos/SYM (13; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PRON (12; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/PROPN (11; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/ADP (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/SYM (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/SYM-pt-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/X (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/DET-pt-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/X (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/SYM-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Um	um	NUM	<card>|NUM|M|S|@SUBJ>	NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
2	de	de	ADP	<sam->|PRP|@N<	_	3	case	_	_
3	eles	eles	PRON	<-sam>|PERS|M|3P|NOM/PIV|@P<	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	era	ser	AUX	<mv>|V|IMPF|3S|IND|@FS-STA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	seu	seu	DET	<poss>|DET|M|S|@>N	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	6	det	_	_
6	filho	filho	NOUN	<np-def>|N|M|S|@<SC	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Sérgio	Sérgio	PROPN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	appos	_	MWE=Sérgio_Fioravanti|MWEPOS=PROPN
9	Fioravanti	Fioravanti	PROPN	_	Number=Sing	8	flat:name	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Pedro	Pedro	PROPN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	MWE=Pedro_Ivo|MWEPOS=PROPN
2	Ivo	Ivo	PROPN	_	Number=Sing	1	flat:name	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	4	punct	_	_
4	63	63	NUM	<card>|NUM|M|P|@N<PRED	NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	4	punct	_	_
6	tel.	tel.	NOUN	<np-idf>|N|M|S|@N<PRED	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	289-3609	289-3609	NUM	NUM|M|P|@N<	NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	A	o	DET	<artd>|ART|F|S|@>N	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chegada	chegada	NOUN	<np-def>|N|F|S|@SUBJ>	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	ADP	<sam->|PRP|@N<	_	5	case	_	_
4	o	o	DET	<-sam>|<artd>|ART|M|S|@>N	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hotel	hotel	NOUN	<np-def>|N|M|S|@P<	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	foi	ir	VERB	<mv>|V|PS|3S|IND|@FS-STA	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	ADP	<sam->|PRP|@<ADVL	_	9	case	_	_
8	as	o	DET	<-sam>|<artd>|ART|F|P|@>N	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	12h10	12h10	NOUN	<np-def>|N|F|P|@P<	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	16h10	16h10	NOUN	<np-idf>|N|F|P|@N<PRED	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	9	appos	_	_
12	em	em	ADP	PRP|@N<	_	13	case	_	_
13	Brasília	Brasília	PROPN	PROP|M|S|@P<	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	PU|@PU	_	6	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-BR)

This relation is universal.

5526 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as appos.

5518 instances of appos (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.60007238508867.

The following 40 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PROPN (2277; 41% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PROPN (1127; 20% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NOUN (702; 13% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NOUN (514; 9% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/NUM (249; 5% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/NUM (246; 4% instances), pt-pos/PART-pt-pos/PROPN (82; 1% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PRON (79; 1% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/NOUN (37; 1% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/NOUN (34; 1% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/X (29; 1% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PRON (20; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/PART (18; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/NUM (15; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/PART (14; 0% instances), pt-pos/NUM-pt-pos/PROPN (10; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PROPN (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/X (9; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/PART-pt-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/PRON-pt-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/NOUN-pt-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/VERB-pt-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADJ-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADP-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/ADV-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PART-pt-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PART-pt-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PROPN-pt-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/PUNCT-pt-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), pt-pos/X-pt-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	As	_	DET	DET	_	2	det	_	_
2	informações	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	3	nsubj	_	_
3	são	_	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
4	de	de	ADP	ADP	_	6	case	_	_
5	o	o	DET	DET	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jornal	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	3	nmod	_	_
7	O	_	DET	DET	_	8	det	_	_
8	Estado	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	6	appos	_	_
9	de	_	ADP	ADP	_	10	case	_	_
10	S.	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	8	nmod	_	_
11	Paulo	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	A	_	DET	DET	_	2	det	_	_
2	Universidade	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	11	nsubj	_	_
3	Federal	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	2	amod	_	_
4	de	_	ADP	ADP	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mato	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	2	nmod	_	_
6	Grosso	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	5	amod	_	_
7	(	_	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	UFMT	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	_	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
10	já	_	ADV	ADV	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	integra	_	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
12	o	_	DET	DET	_	13	det	_	_
13	Sisu	_	PROPN	PNOUN	_	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_

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1	Marca	_	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
2	e	_	CCONJ	CONJ	_	3	cc	_	_
3	embalagem	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
5	administração	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	1	parataxis	_	_
6	e	_	CCONJ	CONJ	_	7	cc	_	_
7	conceito	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	5	conj	_	_
8	produto	_	NOUN	NOUN	_	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_


appos 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]