expl: expletive
This relation captures an existential there or it in extraposition constructions. There is further discussion and examples on the universal dependency page (u-dep/expl).
There is a ghost in the room
expl(is, There)
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
732 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl.
659 instances of expl (90%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.51366120218579.
The following 7 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (550; 75% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (134; 18% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (35; 5% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (6; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (4; 1% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).
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1 Read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _
3 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _
4 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 dobj _ SpaceAfter=No
5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _
6 there there PRON EX _ 7 expl _ SpaceAfter=No
7 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _
8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _
9 punchline punchline NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No
10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
11 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No
12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _
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1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _
2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _
3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _
5 Google Google PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _
6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _
7 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _
8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _
9 acquisition acquisition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _
10 mode mode NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No
11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _
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1 There there PRON EX _ 7 expl _ _
2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _
3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _
4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _
5 better better ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _
6 mexican mexican ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _
7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _
8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _
9 Rockland Rockland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
541 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as expl.
525 instances of expl (97%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.88539741219963.
The following 7 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (341; 63% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (137; 25% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (58; 11% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (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 _ _ 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 _ _ X GW _ 2 goeswith _ _
2 _ _ ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _
3 _ _ PRON PRP _ 7 expl _ _
4 _ _ VERB VBD _ 7 cop _ _
5 _ _ DET DT _ 7 det _ _
6 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 7 amod _ _
7 _ _ NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
8 _ _ PART TO _ 9 mark _ _
9 _ _ VERB VB _ 7 csubj _ _
10 _ _ PRON PRP _ 9 dobj _ _
11 _ _ PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-LinES)
This relation is universal.
274 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as expl.
264 instances of expl (96%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.64233576642336.
The following 10 pairs of parts of speech are connected with expl: en-pos/VERB-en-pos/PRON (201; 73% instances), en-pos/NOUN-en-pos/PRON (32; 12% instances), en-pos/ADJ-en-pos/PRON (20; 7% instances), en-pos/AUX-en-pos/PRON (10; 4% instances), en-pos/PRON-en-pos/PRON (4; 1% instances), en-pos/PROPN-en-pos/PRON (2; 1% instances), en-pos/VERB-en-pos/ADV (2; 1% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), en-pos/ADV-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), en-pos/SCONJ-en-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).
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1 There _ PRON EX _ 3 expl _ _
2 would _ AUX PAST-AUX _ 3 aux _ _
3 be _ VERB INF _ 12 ccomp _ _
4 a _ DET IND-SG _ 5 det _ _
5 charge _ NOUN SG _ 3 nsubj _ _
6 of _ ADP _ _ 8 case _ _
7 thirty _ NUM CARD-PL _ 8 nummod _ _
8 cents _ NOUN PL _ 5 nmod _ _
9 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 3 punct _ _
10 he _ PRON PERS-P3SG-NOM _ 12 nsubjpass _ _
11 was _ AUX PAST _ 12 auxpass _ _
12 told _ VERB PASS _ 0 root _ _
13 . _ PUNCT Period _ 12 punct _ _
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1 For _ ADP _ _ 4 case _ _
2 each _ DET TOT-SG _ 4 det _ _
3 start _ NOUN SG _ 4 compound _ _
4 tag _ NOUN SG _ 11 nmod _ _
5 , _ PUNCT Comma _ 1 punct _ _
6 there _ PRON EX _ 11 expl _ _
7 is _ VERB PRES _ 11 cop _ _
8 a _ DET IND-SG _ 11 det _ _
9 corresponding _ ADJ ING _ 10 amod _ _
10 end _ NOUN SG _ 11 compound _ _
11 tag _ NOUN SG _ 0 root _ _
12 . _ PUNCT Period _ 11 punct _ _
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1 Is _ VERB PRES _ 3 cop _ _
2 it _ PRON PERS-SG _ 3 expl _ _
3 possible _ ADJ POS _ 0 root _ _
4 that _ SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ _
5 you _ PRON PERS-P2 _ 6 nsubj _ _
6 know _ VERB PRES _ 3 csubj _ _
7 the _ DET DEF _ 8 det _ _
8 people _ NOUN PL _ 6 dobj _ _
9 involved _ VERB PASS _ 8 amod _ _
10 ? _ PUNCT QuestionMark _ 3 punct _ _
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