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nmod: nominal modifier

The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers of nouns or clausal predicates. nmod is a noun functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct. In French, nmod is used for prepositional complements as well as for temporal complements not introduced by a preposition.

Le résultat de la course \n The result of the race
nmod(résultat, course)
case(course, de)
Maman prend bien soin de ses enfants \n Mother takes good care of her children
nmod(soin, enfants)
case(enfants, de)
Il a grandi en Afrique \n He grew up in Africa
nmod(grandi, Afrique)
case(Afrique, en)
Il est utilisé pour le service \n It is used for the service
nmod(utilisé, service)
case(service, pour)
L' an passé, la compagnie a fait pas mal de bénéfices \n Last year, the company made quite a lot of benefit
nmod(fait, an)

Treebank Statistics (UD_French)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of nmod: nmod:poss.

60196 nodes (15%) are attached to their parents as nmod.

55544 instances of nmod (92%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.06960595388398.

The following 91 pairs of parts of speech are connected with nmod: fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NOUN (20402; 34% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NOUN (17220; 29% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PROPN (7204; 12% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PROPN (3676; 6% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/NUM (2181; 4% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/NUM (1861; 3% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PROPN (1755; 3% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NOUN (1131; 2% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PRON (918; 2% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NOUN (766; 1% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NOUN (499; 1% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PRON (464; 1% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/NUM (291; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NOUN (265; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PROPN (201; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NOUN (139; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/PRON (135; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PROPN (107; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/NUM (96; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/SYM (82; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/SYM (78; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NOUN (63; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/PRON (63; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/NUM (53; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/X (49; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PROPN (49; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/PRON (49; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/X (28; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADJ (27; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/PRON (23; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/NUM (21; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADJ (20; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/NOUN (19; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/SYM (17; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/NOUN (16; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NOUN (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/NUM (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/SYM (15; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADV (14; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/VERB (12; 0% instances), fr-pos/AUX-fr-pos/NOUN (11; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PROPN (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/VERB (10; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PROPN (9; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NOUN (8; 0% instances), fr-pos/SYM-fr-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADV (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/SYM (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/X (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/X (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADJ-fr-pos/ADP (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/CONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/NUM (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/INTJ-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/X (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/SCONJ-fr-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/DET (2; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADP-fr-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/ADV-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/DET-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NOUN-fr-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/NUM-fr-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PRON-fr-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PROPN-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/PUNCT-fr-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/VERB-fr-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), fr-pos/X-fr-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Aviator	Aviator	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	sur	sur	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	la	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	det	_	_
7	vie	vie	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Mais	mais	CONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	_
2	comment	comment	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	faire	faire	VERB	_	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	dans	dans	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
5	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	contexte	contexte	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	structurellement	structurellement	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	raciste	raciste	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	amod	_	_
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	_

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# visual-style 7 9 nmod	color:blue
1	Aviator	Aviator	PROPN	_	_	0	root	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_
3	un	un	DET	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	sur	sur	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
6	la	le	DET	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	det	_	_
7	vie	vie	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	_
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	_


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