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acl: clausal modifier of noun

acl is used for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a noun. Note that in English relative clauses get assigned a specific relation acl:relcl, a subtype of acl.

the issues as he sees them
acl(issues, sees)
Points to establish are ...
acl(Points, establish)
I don't have anything to say to you
acl(anything, say)

Non-relative clause finite clausal complements for nouns are limited to complement clauses with a subset of nouns like fact or report. We analyze them as acl (parallel to the analysis of this class as “content clauses” in Huddleston and Pullum 2002). Such clausal complements are usually finite (though there are occasional remnant English subjunctives).

I admire the fact that you are honest 
acl(fact, honest) 
mark(honest, that) 
cop(honest, are) 
nsubj(honest, you) 

Treebank Statistics (UD_English)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.

1816 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.

1799 instances of acl (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.82213656387665.

The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (1658; 91% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (50; 3% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (30; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (23; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (16; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (9; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (5; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/SYM-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances).

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1	Any	any	DET	DT	_	2	det	_	_
2	opinions	opinion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	herein	herein	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	those	those	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Umar	Umar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	28	28	NUM	CD	NumType=Card	2	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
8	Brian	Brian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	name	_	_
9	Young	Young	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
11	High	High	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Wycombe	Wycombe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	list	_	_

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1	Original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
5	Due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
6	Today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:tmod	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.

506 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.

502 instances of acl (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.56324110671937.

The following 13 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (456; 90% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (10; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (10; 2% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (9; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (4; 1% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances).

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1	_	_	PRON	EX	_	2	expl	_	_
2	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	0	root	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	5	det	_	_
4	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	5	amod	_	_
5	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
6	_	_	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VB	_	5	acl	_	_
8	_	_	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	12	nsubj	_	_
12	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	2	advcl	_	_
13	_	_	PART	RB	_	12	neg	_	_
14	_	_	VERB	VB	_	12	xcomp	_	_
15	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	14	dobj	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	DET	DT	_	4	nsubj	_	_
2	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	4	cop	_	_
3	_	_	DET	DT	_	4	det	_	_
4	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	0	root	_	_
5	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	9	nsubj	_	_
7	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	9	cop	_	_
8	_	_	PART	RB	_	9	neg	_	_
9	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	4	acl	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	_	_	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	_	_	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	4	nsubj	_	_
4	_	_	VERB	VBP	_	0	root	_	_
5	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	9	expl	_	_
6	_	_	VERB	VBZ	_	9	cop	_	_
7	_	_	DET	DT	_	9	det	_	_
8	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	9	amod	_	_
9	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	4	ccomp	_	_
10	_	_	DET	DT	_	11	det	_	_
11	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	9	appos	_	_
12	_	_	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	11	acl	_	_
14	_	_	ADJ	JJ	_	16	amod	_	_
15	_	_	NUM	CD	_	16	nummod	_	_
16	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	13	dobj	_	_
17	_	_	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	_	_	DET	PDT	_	20	det:predet	_	_
19	_	_	DET	DT	_	20	det	_	_
20	_	_	NOUN	NNS	_	13	nmod	_	_
21	_	_	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	24	nsubj	_	_
23	_	_	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	_	_	VERB	VBD	_	4	advcl	_	_
25	_	_	DET	DT	_	26	det	_	_
26	_	_	NOUN	NN	_	24	dobj	_	_
27	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	24	advcl	_	_
28	_	_	CONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
29	_	_	VERB	VBG	_	27	conj	_	_
30	_	_	DET	DT	_	27	dobj	_	_
31	_	_	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	_	_	PRON	PRP	_	30	nmod	_	_
33	_	_	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.

501 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.

501 instances of acl (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.18163672654691.

The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (236; 47% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (109; 22% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (43; 9% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (40; 8% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADP (21; 4% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (9; 2% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (5; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (5; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/AUX (4; 1% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (3; 1% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADP (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/DET-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PUNCT-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	I	_	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	'm	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	3	aux	_	_
3	looking	_	VERB	ING	_	0	root	_	_
4	after	_	ADV	_	_	3	nmod	_	_
5	Colonel	_	NOUN	SG	_	6	compound	_	_
6	Bray	_	PROPN	SG	_	3	nmod	_	_
7	,	_	PUNCT	Comma	_	3	punct	_	_
8	no	_	DET	NEG	_	9	neg	_	_
9	need	_	NOUN	SG	_	3	nmod	_	_
10	to	_	PART	_	_	11	mark	_	_
11	bother	_	VERB	INF	_	9	acl	_	_
12	him	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	_	11	dobj	_	_
13	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	He	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slammed	_	VERB	PAST	_	0	root	_	_
3	the	_	DET	DEF	_	4	det	_	_
4	receiver	_	NOUN	SG	_	2	dobj	_	_
5	down	_	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	so	_	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	_	ADJ	POS	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	that	_	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	_	DET	DEF	_	10	det	_	_
10	plastic	_	NOUN	SG	_	11	nsubj	_	_
11	cracked	_	VERB	PAST	_	7	acl	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	As	_	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	soon	_	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
3	as	_	SCONJ	_	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	_	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	_	5	nsubj	_	_
5	leave	_	VERB	PRES	_	2	acl	_	_
6	they	_	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	_	8	nsubjpass	_	_
7	are	_	AUX	PRES-AUX	_	8	auxpass	_	_
8	forgotten	_	VERB	PASS	_	0	root	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	8	punct	_	_


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