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appos: appositional modifier

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An appositional modifier of an NP is an NP immediately to the right of the first NP that serves to define or modify that NP. It includes parenthesized examples, as well as defining abbreviations in one of these structures.

Mi amigo Pedro ... \n My friend Pedro ...
appos(amigo, Pedro)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Spanish)

This relation is universal.

8898 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as appos.

8773 instances of appos (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.04596538547988.

The following 73 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PROPN (3306; 37% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PROPN (1944; 22% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NOUN (1229; 14% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NOUN (800; 9% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/X (274; 3% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NUM (250; 3% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NUM (175; 2% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/X (96; 1% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/SYM (91; 1% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PRON (83; 1% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADJ (57; 1% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/NOUN (42; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PRON (37; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/PROPN (37; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/NOUN (34; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/NOUN (34; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/NOUN (32; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NOUN (25; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/VERB (23; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/NOUN (22; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/PROPN (21; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/X (21; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/ADJ (20; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/SYM (20; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/ADJ (16; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/NUM (16; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PROPN (16; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PROPN (16; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PROPN (15; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/SYM (15; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/VERB (9; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADV (8; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/X (8; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADP (7; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/ADV (7; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/SYM (6; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/X (5; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/X (4; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/X (3; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/X-es-pos/SYM (2; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/X (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PUNCT-es-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), es-pos/VERB-es-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).

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1	Se	él	PRON	_	Case=Acc,Dat|Person=3|PrepCase=Npr|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	iobj	_	_
2	encuentra	encontrar	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	en	en	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
4	el	el	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lago	lago	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	Kyoga	kyoga	PROPN	_	_	5	appos	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Uganda	uganda	PROPN	_	_	5	appos	_	_
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Se	él	PRON	_	Case=Acc,Dat|Person=3|PrepCase=Npr|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	iobj	_	_
2	encuentran	encontrar	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	en	en	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	_
4	África	áfrica	PROPN	_	_	2	nmod	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Tanzania	tanzania	PROPN	_	_	4	appos	_	_
7	y	y	CONJ	_	_	6	cc	_	_
8	Kenia	kenia	PROPN	_	_	6	conj	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Palabra	palabra	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	clave	clave	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
4	desplazamiento	desplazamiento	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	_	_	4	appos	_	_
6	0	0	NUM	_	NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
8	tamaño	tamaño	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	=	=	SYM	_	_	8	appos	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	_	NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Spanish-AnCora)

This relation is universal.

7604 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as appos.

7539 instances of appos (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.22225144660705.

The following 53 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PROPN (3655; 48% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NOUN (1875; 25% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NOUN (1030; 14% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/NUM (284; 4% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/PRON (110; 1% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/NUM (90; 1% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADJ (71; 1% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/NOUN (57; 1% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/NOUN (49; 1% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/NUM (44; 1% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/NOUN (42; 1% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PROPN (31; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PRON (26; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PROPN (25; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/SYM (24; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/PROPN (22; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/VERB (21; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/PROPN (21; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/PRON (18; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADV (12; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/SYM (12; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/ADJ (11; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), es-pos/PROPN-es-pos/VERB (6; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/ADJ (4; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/CONJ (3; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/AUX (2; 0% instances), es-pos/SYM-es-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADJ-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADP-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), es-pos/ADV-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), es-pos/CONJ-es-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/CONJ-es-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/DET-es-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NOUN-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), es-pos/NUM-es-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PART-es-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), es-pos/PRON-es-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), es-pos/SCONJ-es-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances).

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1	Lo	él	PRON	PRON	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	dobj	_	_
2	remataron	rematar	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
3	-	-	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Dash	2	punct	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Comm	2	punct	_	_
5	explica	explicar	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	su	su	DET	DET	Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	det	_	_
7	tía	tía	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	Cristia	Cristia	PROPN	PROPN	_	7	appos	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Peri	5	punct	_	_

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1	Eras	ser	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	ya	ya	ADV	ADV	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	un	uno	DET	DET	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fenómeno	fenómeno	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	social	social	ADJ	ADJ	Number=Sing	4	amod	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Comm	4	punct	_	_
7	un	uno	DET	DET	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tipo	tipo	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	famoso	famoso	ADJ	ADJ	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	amod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Peri	4	punct	_	_

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1	Zarrabeitia	Zarrabeitia	PROPN	PROPN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	puso	poner	VERB	VERB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	la	el	DET	DET	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rebeldía	rebeldía	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	dobj	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Comm	2	punct	_	_
6	y	y	CONJ	CONJ	_	2	cc	_	_
7	Delgado	Delgado	PROPN	PROPN	_	2	conj	_	_
8	la	el	DET	DET	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gallardía	gallardía	NOUN	NOUN	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	PUNCT	PunctType=Peri	2	punct	_	_


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