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nsubj: nominal subject

The dependency type nsubj marks nominal subjects of a clause. Subjects are direct dependents of the main predicate of the clause, which may be a verb, noun or adjective.

Pappa hjälper till med tvätten . \n Dad helps with the laundry .
nsubj(hjälper, Pappa)
Pappa är sjuk . \n Dad is sick .
nsubj(sjuk, Pappa)
Pappa är en bra kock . \n Dad is a good cook .
nsubj(kock, Pappa)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

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

5901 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

4894 instances of nsubj (83%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.58312150482969.

The following 30 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (2398; 41% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (2199; 37% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (358; 6% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (210; 4% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (195; 3% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (168; 3% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (162; 3% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (70; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (34; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (17; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (13; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (10; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/DET-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PUNCT-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Du	du	PRON	PN|UTR|SIN|DEF|SUB	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	skall	skola	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	aux	_	_
4	lyda	lyda	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
5	din	du	DET	PS|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fader	far	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	PAD	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Bördan	börda	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	7	dislocated	_	_
2	att	att	PART	IE	_	3	mark	_	_
3	fostra	fostra	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	1	acl	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	-	-	PUNCT	MID	_	1	punct	_	_
6	uttrycket	uttryck	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	låter	låta	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
8	negativt	negativ	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Det	den	PRON	PN|NEU|SIN|DEF|SUB/OBJ	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	har	ha	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	aux	_	_
3	blivit	bli	VERB	VB|SUP|AKT	VerbForm=Sup|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	så	så	ADV	AB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	att	att	SCONJ	SN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	kvinnorna	kvinna	NOUN	NN|UTR|PLU|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	är	vara	AUX	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	8	cop	_	_
8	livlösa	livlös	ADJ	JJ|POS|UTR/NEU|PLU|IND/DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	3	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish-LinES)

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

5504 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

4511 instances of nsubj (82%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 2.10828488372093.

The following 36 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (2954; 54% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (1105; 20% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (636; 12% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PRON (170; 3% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (152; 3% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (139; 3% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (65; 1% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/PRON (49; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PROPN (38; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (36; 1% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (35; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/PROPN (24; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (21; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (12; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/PRON (9; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/PROPN (7; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PART-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PUNCT-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/SYM-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Du	_	PRON	PERS-P2SG-NOM	_	4	nsubj	_	_
2	kan	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	4	aux	_	_
3	bara	_	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	importera	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
5	ett	_	DET	SG-IND	_	6	det	_	_
6	dokument	_	NOUN	IND-NOM	_	4	obj	_	_
7	i	_	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
8	taget	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	6	nmod	_	_
9	till	_	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
10	Access	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Mer	_	ADJ	CMP-IND	_	2	amod	_	_
2	information	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	om	_	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	_
4	XML	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	2	nmod	_	_
5	finns	_	VERB	PRES-DPO	_	0	root	_	_
6	på	_	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
7	webbplatsen	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Access	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stöder	_	VERB	PRES-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
3	XML-schemastandarden	_	NOUN	SG-DEF-NOM	_	4	nmod	_	_
4	XSD	_	PROPN	SG-NOM	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish_Sign_Language)

This relation is universal.

42 nodes (11%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

38 instances of nsubj (90%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.69047619047619.

The following 9 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (28; 67% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (6; 14% instances), sv-pos/X-sv-pos/NOUN (2; 5% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (1; 2% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/PRON (1; 2% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (1; 2% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (1; 2% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/X (1; 2% instances), sv-pos/X-sv-pos/PRON (1; 2% instances).

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1	FORM(YYb)+BESKRIVNING@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	5	nmod	_	_
2	FORM(Yb)@p@hd	_	VERB	VBAV	_	1	dep	_	_
3	INUTI	_	VERB	VBPP	_	1	case	_	_
4	GRODA	_	NOUN	NN	_	5	nsubj	_	_
5	STANNA-KVAR	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_

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1	pro@&	_	PRON	?PN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	SIMMA@rd	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
3	TITTA-PÅ	_	VERB	VB	_	2	conj	_	_

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1	MAMMA	_	NOUN	NN	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	JA@ub@z	_	INTJ	INTERJ	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	PÅKALLA-UPPMÄRKSAMHET@g	_	X	G	_	0	root	_	_


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]