advmod: adverbial modifier
An adverbial modifier of a word is a (non-clausal) adverb or adverbial phrase that serves to modify a predicate (1, 2, 3), a modifier word (4, 5), and in some restricted cases function words (6-8).
Predicates may be a verb (1) or a predicate adjective (2) or nominal (3) in copular constructions.
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1 你 _ PRON _ _ 3 nmod _ 2SG
2 已經 _ ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ already
3 答應 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ promise
4 他們 _ PRON _ _ 3 obj _ 3PL
1 "You _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 already _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 promised _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 them." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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1 更 _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ more
2 好 _ ADJ _ _ 0 root _ good
1 "better" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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1 他 _ PRON _ _ 6 nsubj _ 3SG.M
2 曾經 _ ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ once
3 是 _ VERB _ _ 6 cop _ COP
4 一 _ NUM _ _ 6 nummod _ one
5 個 _ NOUN _ _ 4 clf _ CL:generic
6 廚師 _ NOUN _ _ 0 root _ chef
1 "He _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 was _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 a _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 chef _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 once." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
Modifier words that may be modified by an adverb include numerals (4) and quantifying determiners (5).
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1 大概 _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ around
2 五百 _ NUM _ _ 3 nummod _ five-hundred
3 元 _ NOUN _ _ 0 root _ dollars
1 "about _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 five _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 hundred _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 dollars" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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1 太 _ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ too
2 多 _ DET _ _ 3 det _ many
3 人 _ NOUN _ _ 0 root _ people
1 "too _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 many _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 people" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
When the negative 不 bù precedes a modal auxiliary, it modifies the auxiliary and not the verb (6). This is because when the verb is negated, 不 bù precedes the verb immediately, after the auxiliary (7). Both the auxiliary and the verb can be negated simultaneously in Mandarin (8).
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1 她 _ PRON _ _ 4 nsubj _ 3SG.F
2 不 _ ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ NEG
3 可以 _ AUX _ _ 4 aux _ can
4 去 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ go
1 "She _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 is _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 not _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 able/allowed _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 go." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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1 她 _ PRON _ _ 4 nsubj _ 3SG.F
2 可以 _ AUX _ _ 4 aux _ can
3 不 _ ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ NEG
4 去 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ go
1 "She _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 is _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 able/allowed _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 not _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 go." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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1 她 _ PRON _ _ 5 nsubj _ 3SG.F
2 不 _ ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ NEG
3 可以 _ AUX _ _ 5 aux _ can
4 不 _ ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ NEG
5 去 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ go
1 "She _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 is _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 not _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 able/allowed _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 not _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 go." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
Temporal expressions that are adverbs or short adverbial phrases also use the advmod relation. (However, temporal expressions that are nouns or noun phrases use the obl:tmod relation.)
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1 希望 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ hope
2 他 _ PRON _ _ 4 nsubj _ 3SG.M
3 早日 _ ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ early
4 康復 _ VERB _ _ 1 ccomp _ recover
1 "Hope _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 he'll _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 recover _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 soon." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_Chinese)
This relation is universal.
3572 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as advmod.
3473 instances of advmod (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 2.63913773796193.
The following 40 pairs of parts of speech are connected with advmod: zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/ADV (2093; 59% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/NOUN (424; 12% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/ADV (371; 10% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/ADV (181; 5% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/NOUN (99; 3% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/ADJ (89; 2% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/NOUN (45; 1% instances), zh-pos/ADV-zh-pos/ADV (42; 1% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/NUM (37; 1% instances), zh-pos/NUM-zh-pos/ADV (27; 1% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/PART (21; 1% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/DET (17; 0% instances), zh-pos/AUX-zh-pos/ADV (15; 0% instances), zh-pos/PART-zh-pos/ADV (15; 0% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/VERB (15; 0% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/PROPN (10; 0% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/NUM (7; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADP-zh-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), zh-pos/PART-zh-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), zh-pos/NUM-zh-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), zh-pos/PROPN-zh-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), zh-pos/DET-zh-pos/ADV (3; 0% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/NOUN-zh-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/X (2; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADJ-zh-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/ADV-zh-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/PART-zh-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/PROPN-zh-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/SYM-zh-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/VERB-zh-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), zh-pos/X-zh-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).
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1 這種 這種 DET DT _ 2 det _ SpaceAfter=No
2 車輛 車輛 NOUN NN _ 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 如果 如果 ADP IN _ 4 case _ SpaceAfter=No
4 歸 歸 VERB VV _ 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No
5 私人 私人 NOUN NN _ 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
6 擁有 擁有 VERB VV _ 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No
7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
8 多半 多半 ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 會 會 AUX MD _ 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No
10 設置 設置 VERB VV _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
11 昂貴 昂貴 ADJ JJ _ 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No
12 的 的 PART DEC _ 11 mark:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No
13 音頻 音頻 NOUN NN _ 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
14 設備 設備 NOUN NN _ 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
15 、 、 PUNCT EC _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
16 電視 電視 NOUN NN _ 17 case:suff _ SpaceAfter=No
17 機 機 PART SFN _ 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
18 、 、 PUNCT EC _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
19 影碟 影碟 NOUN NN _ 20 case:suff _ SpaceAfter=No
20 機 機 PART SFN _ 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
22 以及 以及 CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No
23 吧台 吧台 NOUN NN _ 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
24 和 和 CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No
25 冰箱 冰箱 NOUN NN _ 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
26 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
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1 北京 北京 PROPN NNP _ 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
2 外城 外城 NOUN NN _ 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
3 共 共 ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
4 有 有 VERB VV _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
5 七 七 NUM CD NumType=Card 6 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
6 門 門 NOUN NN _ 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
8 南面 南面 NOUN NN _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
9 三 三 NUM CD NumType=Card 10 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 門 門 NOUN NN _ 8 orphan _ SpaceAfter=No
11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
12 東西 東西 NOUN NN _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
13 各 各 DET DT _ 15 det _ SpaceAfter=No
14 一 一 NUM CD NumType=Card 15 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
15 門 門 NOUN NN _ 12 orphan _ SpaceAfter=No
16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
17 此外 此外 NOUN NN _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
18 還 還 ADV RB _ 19 mark _ SpaceAfter=No
19 有 有 VERB VV _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No
20 兩 兩 NUM CD NumType=Card 21 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No
21 座 座 NOUN NNB _ 22 clf _ SpaceAfter=No
22 便門 便門 NOUN NN _ 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No
23 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
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1 大 大 ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
2 多數 多數 ADJ JJ _ 6 det _ SpaceAfter=No
3 的 的 PART DEC Case=Gen 2 case:dec _ SpaceAfter=No
4 加長 加長 VERB VV _ 5 case:suff _ SpaceAfter=No
5 型 型 PART SFN _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
6 禮車 禮車 NOUN NN _ 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
7 則是 則是 AUX VC _ 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No
8 租車 租車 NOUN NN _ 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 公司 公司 NOUN NN _ 11 det _ SpaceAfter=No
10 的 的 PART DEC Case=Gen 9 case:dec _ SpaceAfter=No
11 財產 財產 NOUN NN _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No
advmod 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]