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nsubj

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Nominal subject

A nominal subject (nsubj) is a non-clausal constituent in the subject position of an active verb.

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nsubjpass

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Nominal subject (passive)
A nominal passive subject (nsubjpass) is a non-clausal constituent in the subject position of a passive verb.
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csubj

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Clausal subject

A clausal subject (csubj) is a clause in the subject position of an active verb.

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csubjpass

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Clausal subject (passive)
A clausal passive subject (csubjpass) is a clause in the subject position of a passive verb.
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agent

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Agent
An agent (agent) is the complement of a passive verb that is the surface subject of its active form.
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expl

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Expletive
An expletive (expl) is an existential there in the subject position.
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dobj

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Direct object

A direct object (dobj) is a noun phrase that is the accusative object of a (di)transitive verb.

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dative

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Dative
A dative (dative) is a nominal or prepositional object of dative-shifting verb.
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attr

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Attribute
An attribute (attr) is a noun phrase that is a non-VP predicate usually following a copula verb.
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oprd

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Object predicate

An object predicate (oprd) is a non-VP predicate in a small clause that functions like the predicate of an object.

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ccomp

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Clausal complement
A clausal complement (ccomp) is a clause with an internal subject that modifies the head of an ADJP|ADVP|NML|NP|WHNP|VP|SINV|SQ.

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xcomp

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Open clausal complement
An open clausal complement (xcomp) is a clause without an internal subject that modifies the head of an ADJP|ADVP|VP|SINV|SQ.

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acomp

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Adjectival complement

An adjectival complement (acomp) is an adjective phrase that modifies the head of a VP|SINV|SQ, that is usually a verb.

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appos

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Appositional modifier
An appositional modifier (appos) of an NML|NP is a noun phrase immediately preceded by another noun phrase, which gives additional information to its preceding noun phrase.

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acl

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Clausal modifier
A finite or non-finite clausal modifier (acl) is either an infinitival modifier is an infinitive clause or phrase that modifies the head of a noun phrase, or a participial modifier is a clause or phrase whose head is a verb in a participial form (e.g., gerund, past participle) that modifies the head of a noun phrase, or a complement.

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relcl

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Releative clause modifier
A relative clause modifier (relcl) is a either relative clause or a reduced relative clause that modifies the head of an NML|NP|WHNP.

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det

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Determiner
A determiner (det) is a word token whose pos tag is DT|WDT|WP that modifies the head of a noun phrase.
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predet

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Pre-determiner
A predeterminer (predet) is a word token whose pos tag is PDT that modifies the head of a noun phrase.
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nummod

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Numeric modifier

A numeric modifier (nummod) is any number or quantifier phrase that modifies the head of a noun phrase.

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amod

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Adjectival modifier
An adjectival modifier (amod) is an adjective or an adjective phrase that modifies the meaning of another word, usually a noun.

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poss

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Possession modifier
A possession modifier (poss) is either a possessive determiner (PRP$) or a NML|NP|WHNP containing a possessive ending that modifies the head of a ADJP|NML|NP|QP|WHNP.

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nmod

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Modifier of nominal

A modifier of nominal (nmod) is any unclassified dependent that modifies the head of a noun phrase.

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advmod

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Adverbial modifier

An adverbial modifier (advmod) is an adverb or an adverb phrase that modifies the meaning of another word.

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advcl

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Adverbial clause modifier

An adverbial clause modifier (advcl) is a clause that acts like an adverbial modifier.

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neg
Negation modifier | A negation modifier (neg) is an adverb that gives negative meaning to its head.
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npmod
Noun phrase as adverbial modifier | An adverbial noun phrase modifier (npmod) is a noun phrase that acts like an adverbial modifier.
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pobj
Object of a preposition An object of a preposition (pobj) is a noun phrase that modifies the head of a prepositional phrase, which is usually a preposition but can be a verb in a participial form such as VBG.
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pcomp
Complement of a preposition A complement of a preposition (pcomp) is any dependent that is not a pobj but modifies the head of a prepositional phrase.
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conj
``` Conjunct A conjunct (conj) is a dependent of the leftmost conjunct in coordination. ```
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cc
Coordinating conjunction | A coordinating conjunction (cc) is a dependent of the leftmost conjunct in coordination.
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preconj
Pre-correlative conjunction A pre-correlative conjunction (preconj) is the first part of a correlative conjunction that becomes a dependent of the first conjunct in coordination.
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prep
Prepositional modifier | A prepositional modifier (prep) is any prepositional phrase that modifies the meaning of its head.
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aux
``` Auxiliary An auxiliary (aux) is an auxiliary or modal verb that gives further information about the main verb (e.g., tense, aspect). ```
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auxpass
Auxiliary (passive) | A passive auxiliary (auxpass) is an auxiliary verb, be, become, or get, that modifies a passive verb.
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compound
``` Compound A compound (compound) is either a noun modifying the head of noun phrase, a number modifying the head of quantifier phrase, or a hyphenated word (or a preposition modifying the head of the prepositioanl phrase). ```
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prt
``` Particle A particle (prt) is a preposition in a phrasal verb that forms a verb-particle construction. ```
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case
Case marker | A case marker (case) is either a possessive marker, ...
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mark
``` Marker A marker (mark) is either a subordinating conjunction (e.g., although, because, while) that introduces an adverbial clause modifier, or a subordinating conjunction, if, that, or whether, that introduces a clausal complement. ```
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dep
Unclassified dependent | An unclassified dependent (dep) is a dependent that does not satisfy conditions for any other dependency.
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meta
Meta modifier A meta modifier (meta) is code (1), embedded (2), or meta (3) information that is randomly inserted in a phrase or clause.
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parataxis
Parenthetical modifier A parenthetical modifier (parataxis) is an embedded chunk, often but not necessarily surrounded by parenthetical notations (e.g,. brackets, quotes, commas, etc.), which gives side information to its head.
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punct
``` Punctuation Any punctuation (punct) is assigned the dependency label PUNCT. ```
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root
``` Root A root (root) is the root of a tree that does not depend on any node in the tree but the artificial root node. ```

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