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nsubj: nominal subject

The nsubj marks nominal subjects of the non-copular clause. Being Basque a morphologically ergative language, subjects of transitive verbs are marked with the ergative case, while subjects of intransitive verbs are marked with the absolutive case.

Example of a subject in an intransitive sentence (ABS case):

Bi zati hauek markaturik dauden tokietatik tolesten dira .

These two parts fold by the sites that are marked .

Bi zati hauek markaturik dauden tokietatik tolesten dira .\n Two parts these marked are_that sites_the_by fold .

det(zati-2, Bi-1)
nsubj(tolesten-7, zati-2)
det(zati-2, hauek-3)
acl(tokietatik-6, markaturik-4)
cop(markaturik-4, dauden-5)
nmod(tolesten-7, tokietatik-6)
aux(tolesten-7, dira-8)
punct(tolesten-7, .-9)

Example of a subject in a transitive sentence (ERG case):

Eztabaida handia sortu du aldaketak .

The change has caused a huge discussion .

Eztabaida handia sortu du aldaketak .\n Discussion huge_a caused has change_the .  

amod(Eztabaida-1, handia-2)
nobj(sortu-3, Eztabaida-1)
aux(sortu-3, du-4)
nsubj(sortu-3, aldaketak-5)
punct(sortu-3, .-6)

Being Basque a free word order language, arguments of the verb can appear in different orders with respect to the verb.

Aldaketak eztabaida handia sortu du .

The change has caused a huge discussion .

Aldaketak eztabaida handia sortu du .\n Change_the discussion huge_a caused has .

nsubj(sortu-4, Aldaketak-1)
amod(eztabaida-2, handia-3)
nobj(sortu-4, eztabaida-2)
aux(sortu-4, du-5)
punct(sortu-4, .-6)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Basque)

This relation is universal.

8717 nodes (7%) are attached to their parents as nsubj.

7038 instances of nsubj (81%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 3.34828496042216.

The following 77 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nsubj: eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NOUN (4456; 51% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PROPN (1915; 22% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NOUN (334; 4% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/DET (318; 4% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/NOUN (300; 3% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PRON (221; 3% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/ADJ (205; 2% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/PROPN (158; 2% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/NUM (100; 1% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/DET (85; 1% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/VERB (85; 1% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/PROPN (42; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/NOUN (39; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/DET (37; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/PROPN (33; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/NOUN (27; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/NOUN (26; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/NOUN (24; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/VERB (22; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/PROPN (19; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/ADJ (18; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/NOUN (16; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/NUM (14; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/NUM (13; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/PRON (13; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/PROPN (12; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/ADV (9; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/PROPN (9; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/ADJ (8; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/PROPN (8; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/PRON (6; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/PROPN (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/DET (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/NOUN-eu-pos/ADV (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/NUM (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/VERB (4; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/NUM-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PRON-eu-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADJ-eu-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/ADV-eu-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/AUX-eu-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/CONJ-eu-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/DET-eu-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PART-eu-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PRON-eu-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PRON-eu-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PROPN-eu-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/PUNCT-eu-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/VERB-eu-pos/X (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), eu-pos/X-eu-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	Atenasen	Atenas	PROPN	_	Case=Ine|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
2	ordea	ordea	CONJ	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_
4	beste	beste	DET	_	_	6	det	_	_
5	bost	bost	NUM	_	_	6	nummod	_	_
6	jarduera	jarduera	NOUN	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	gehiago	gehiago	DET	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Ind	6	det	_	_
8	izan	izan	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	daitezke	*edin	AUX	_	Mood=Pot|Number[abs]=Plur|Person[abs]=3	8	aux	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_

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1	Athleticek	Athletic	PROPN	_	Case=Erg|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	presio	presio	NOUN	_	_	4	dobj	_	_
3	itzela	itzel	ADJ	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
4	pairatu	pairatu	VERB	_	VerbForm=Part	5	xcomp	_	_
5	beharko	behar_izan	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
6	du	*edun	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=3	5	aux	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Arabiera	arabiera	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	da	izan	VERB	_	Aspect=Prog|Mood=Ind|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3	4	cop	_	_
3	Jordaniako	Jordania	PROPN	_	Case=Loc|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
4	hizkuntza	hizkuntza	NOUN	_	_	0	root	_	_
5	nagusia	nagusi	ADJ	_	Case=Abs|Definite=Def|Number=Sing	4	amod	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_


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