The indirect object of a (verbal) predicate is the nominal which is the dative
object of the verb. The relation iobj is used for objects that are not direct
objects. It occurs only when there is a dobj or ccomp in the clause.
Note that prepositional phrases are not considered core arguments in English,
hence in she gave it to me, the to me part is attached as nmod although
semantically it corresponds to the dative.
Treebank Statistics (UD_English)
This relation is universal.
462 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.
462 instances of iobj (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.17532467532468.
The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: VERB-PRON (386; 84% instances), VERB-NOUN (49; 11% instances), VERB-PROPN (24; 5% instances), VERB-ADJ (1; 0% instances), VERB-DET (1; 0% instances), VERB-NUM (1; 0% instances).
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1 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _
2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _
3 Microwave microwave NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _
4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 dobj _ _
5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _
6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _
7 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _
8 really really ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _
9 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _
Treebank Statistics (UD_English-ESL)
This relation is universal.
207 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.
204 instances of iobj (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.07729468599034.
The following 4 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: VERB-PRON (188; 91% instances), VERB-NOUN (16; 8% instances), VERB-PROPN (2; 1% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 0% instances).
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1 _ _ ADP IN _ 3 case _ _
2 _ _ DET DT _ 3 det _ _
3 _ _ NOUN NN _ 6 nmod _ _
4 _ _ PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _
5 _ _ PRON PRP _ 6 nsubj _ _
6 _ _ VERB VBD _ 0 root _ _
7 _ _ ADP IN _ 8 case _ _
8 _ _ NOUN NN _ 6 nmod _ _
9 _ _ ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _
10 _ _ PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ _
11 _ _ CONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _
12 _ _ NOUN NN _ 8 conj _ _
13 _ _ ADP IN _ 16 case _ _
14 _ _ DET PRP$ _ 16 nmod:poss _ _
15 _ _ ADJ JJ _ 16 amod _ _
16 _ _ NOUN NN _ 12 nmod _ _
17 _ _ PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _
18 _ _ PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _
19 _ _ AUX VBP _ 21 aux _ _
20 _ _ PRON PRP _ 21 nsubj _ _
21 _ _ VERB VB _ 6 parataxis _ _
22 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 nsubj _ _
23 _ _ VERB VBP _ 21 ccomp _ _
24 _ _ PRON PRP _ 23 iobj _ _
25 _ _ ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _
26 _ _ NOUN NN _ 23 dobj _ _
27 _ _ PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _
66 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as iobj.
62 instances of iobj (94%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.39393939393939.
The following 3 pairs of parts of speech are connected with iobj: VERB-PRON (43; 65% instances), VERB-NOUN (18; 27% instances), VERB-PROPN (5; 8% instances).
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1 I _ PRON PERS-P1SG-NOM _ 2 nsubj _ _
2 wished _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
3 him _ PRON PERS-P3SG-ACC _ 2 iobj _ _
4 a _ DET IND-SG _ 6 det _ _
5 good _ ADJ POS _ 6 amod _ _
6 evening _ NOUN SG _ 2 dobj _ _
7 . _ PUNCT Period _ 2 punct _ _
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1 Quinn _ PROPN SG _ 2 nsubj _ _
2 reached _ VERB PAST _ 0 root _ _
3 into _ ADP _ _ 5 case _ _
4 his _ PRON P3SG-GEN _ 5 nmod:poss _ _
5 pocket _ NOUN SG _ 2 nmod _ _
6 and _ CONJ _ _ 2 cc _ _
7 gave _ VERB PAST _ 2 conj _ _
8 the _ DET DEF _ 9 det _ _
9 man _ NOUN SG _ 7 iobj _ _
10 a _ DET IND-SG _ 11 det _ _
11 dollar _ NOUN SG _ 7 dobj _ _
12 . _ PUNCT Period _ 2 punct _ _