csubj: clausal subject
A clausal subject is a clausal syntactic subject of a clause, i.e., the subject is itself a clause. The governor of this relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb. In the two following examples, what she said is the subject.
What she said makes sense
csubj(makes, said)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
341 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as csubj.
212 instances of csubj (62%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 5.20821114369501.
The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with csubj: en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (150; 44% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (109; 32% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (56; 16% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (8; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (3; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (2; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (2; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PART-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).
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1 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _
3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 csubj _ _
4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 dobj _ _
5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _
6 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _
2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 dobj _ _
3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _
4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ _
5 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _
6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _
7 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _
8 world world PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _
9 resorts resorts PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 compound _ _
10 international international PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _
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1 Heather Heather PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _
2 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _
3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _
4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _
5 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _
6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
7 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _
8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
225 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as csubj.
158 instances of csubj (70%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 3.96444444444444.
The following 16 pairs of parts of speech are connected with csubj: en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (125; 56% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (46; 20% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (31; 14% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADJ (5; 2% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADJ (4; 2% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/ADJ (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/NOUN (2; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/VERB (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/NUM-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).
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1 _ _ CONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
4 _ _ DET DT _ 3 dobj _ _
5 _ _ PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _
6 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _
7 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 expl _ _
8 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 9 cop _ _
9 _ _ ADJ JJR _ 3 advcl _ _
10 _ _ NOUN NN _ 11 dobj _ _
11 _ _ VERB VBG _ 9 csubj _ _
12 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _
13 _ _ VERB VBG _ 9 advcl _ _
14 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 13 dobj _ _
15 _ _ ADP IN _ 16 case _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NN _ 13 nmod _ _
17 _ _ DET WDT _ 18 nsubj _ _
18 _ _ VERB VB _ 16 acl:relcl _ _
19 _ _ PRON PRP _ 18 dobj _ _
20 _ _ VERB VB _ 18 xcomp _ _
21 _ _ NOUN NN _ 20 dobj _ _
22 _ _ PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ VERB VBP _ 23 advcl _ _
4 _ _ PART TO _ 5 mark _ _
5 _ _ VERB VB _ 3 xcomp _ _
6 _ _ ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
7 _ _ NUM CD _ 8 nummod _ _
8 _ _ NOUN NN _ 5 nmod _ _
9 _ _ ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
10 _ _ DET DT _ 5 nmod _ _
11 _ _ CONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _
12 _ _ ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _
13 _ _ VERB VBG _ 5 conj _ _
14 _ _ ADP IN _ 16 case _ _
15 _ _ DET DT _ 16 det _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NN _ 13 nmod _ _
17 _ _ PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _
18 _ _ VERB VBG _ 23 csubj _ _
19 _ _ NOUN NN _ 18 dobj _ _
20 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 23 cop _ _
21 _ _ DET DT _ 23 det _ _
22 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 23 amod _ _
23 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
24 _ _ PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _
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1 _ _ PRON WP _ 5 dobj _ _
2 _ _ PRON PRP _ 3 nsubj _ _
3 _ _ VERB VB _ 6 csubj _ _
4 _ _ PART TO _ 5 mark _ _
5 _ _ VERB VB _ 3 xcomp _ _
6 _ _ VERB VBZ _ 0 root _ _
7 _ _ SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _
8 _ _ ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
9 _ _ DET DT _ 10 det _ _
10 _ _ NOUN NN _ 12 nmod _ _
11 _ _ PRON EX _ 12 expl _ _
12 _ _ VERB VBP _ 6 ccomp _ _
13 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 12 nsubj _ _
14 _ _ CONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _
15 _ _ NOUN NNS _ 13 conj _ _
16 _ _ ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _
17 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 13 amod _ _
18 _ _ PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
147 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as csubj.
81 instances of csubj (55%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 5.50340136054422.
The following 9 pairs of parts of speech are connected with csubj: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/VERB (67; 46% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/VERB (39; 27% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/VERB (33; 22% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/VERB (3; 2% instances), en-pos/ADP-en-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/AUX (1; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/VERB (1; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/AUX (1; 1% instances).
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1 Worse _ ADJ CMP _ 10 advmod _ _
2 yet _ ADV _ _ 1 advmod _ _
3 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 1 punct _ _
4 what _ PRON WH _ 6 nsubj _ _
5 is _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 6 aux _ _
6 going _ VERB ING _ 10 csubj _ _
7 on _ ADV _ _ 6 compound:prt _ _
8 will _ AUX PRES-AUX _ 10 aux _ _
9 not _ PART NEG _ 10 neg _ _
10 let _ VERB INF _ 0 root _ _
11 us _ PRON PERS-P1PL-ACC _ 10 dobj _ _
12 alone _ ADJ POS _ 10 xcomp _ _
13 . _ PUNCT Period _ 10 punct _ _
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1 Moving _ VERB ING _ 6 csubj _ _
2 in _ ADP _ _ 4 case _ _
3 this _ DET DEM-SG _ 4 det _ _
4 manner _ NOUN SG _ 1 nmod _ _
5 was _ VERB PAST _ 6 cop _ _
6 difficult _ ADJ POS _ 0 root _ _
7 for _ ADP _ _ 8 case _ _
8 Quinn _ PROPN SG _ 6 nmod _ _
9 . _ PUNCT Period _ 6 punct _ _
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1 It _ PRON PERS-SG _ 4 expl _ _
2 was _ VERB PAST _ 4 cop _ _
3 a _ DET IND-SG _ 4 det _ _
4 woman _ NOUN SG _ 0 root _ _
5 who _ PRON WH-REL _ 6 nsubj _ _
6 opened _ VERB PAST _ 4 csubj _ _
7 the _ DET DEF _ 9 det _ _
8 apartment _ NOUN SG _ 9 compound _ _
9 door _ NOUN SG _ 6 dobj _ _
10 . _ PUNCT Period _ 4 punct _ _
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