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`acl`: clausal modifier of noun

acl is used for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a nominal (either a noun or a pronoun). The head of the acl relation is the noun/pronoun that is modified, and the dependent is the head of the clause that modifies the noun/pronoun.

acl is used in the following cases:

participial modifiers of nouns



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
Commossa , Fiona May ha parlato
acl(Fiona, Commossa)
nsubj(parlato, Fiona)
name(Fiona, May)
aux(parlato, ha)
{
    "text": "Commossa , Fiona May ha parlato ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 9, 10 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 11, 16 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 17, 20 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 21, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 24, 31 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R3", "name", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R4", "aux", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
Due persone armate di pistola
acl(persone, armate)
{
    "text": "Due persone armate di pistola ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 12, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 19, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 22, 29 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "acl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

relative clauses, also including free relatives. Note that in Italian relative clauses are assigned a specific relation acl:relcl, which is a subtype of acl



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
L' inchiesta che coinvolge Bernard Tapie
acl:relcl(inchiesta, coinvolge)
{
    "text": "L' inchiesta che coinvolge Bernard Tapie ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 3, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 13, 16 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 17, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T5", "token", [ [ 27, 34 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T6", "token", [ [ 35, 40 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "acl:relcl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

La vita , in cui il mutamento avviene
acl:relcl(vita, avviene)

finite clausal complements of nouns like fatto fact, considerazione consideration, bisogno need

il fatto che Gianni faccia l' attore
acl(fatto, faccia)

infinitival modifiers of nouns

non è il caso di pensare
acl(caso, pensare)

quello di agevolare l' accesso
acl(quello, agevolare)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

This relation is universal. There are 1 language-specific subtypes of acl: acl:relcl.

3363 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as acl.

3272 instances of acl (97%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.71840618495391.

The following 6 pairs of parts of speech are connected with acl: NOUN-VERB (3071; 91% instances), PROPN-VERB (163; 5% instances), PRON-VERB (112; 3% instances), NOUN-NOUN (11; 0% instances), NOUN-ADJ (5; 0% instances), NOUN-PRON (1; 0% instances).

# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 1 2 acl	color:blue
1	Esodo	esodo	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	controllato	controllare	VERB	V	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
3	a	a	ADP	E	_	4	case	_	_
4	Civitavecchia	Civitavecchia	PROPN	SP	_	1	nmod	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	FC	_	1	punct	_	_

# visual-style 1	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1	fgColor:white
# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 1 acl	color:blue
1	Evacuata	evacuare	VERB	V	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
2	la	il	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Tate	Tate	PROPN	SP	_	0	root	_	_
4	Gallery	Gallery	PROPN	SP	_	3	name	_	_
5	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	3	punct	_	_

# visual-style 7	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5 7 acl	color:blue
1	Ma	ma	CONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	non	non	ADV	BN	PronType=Neg	4	neg	_	_
3	gli	lo	PRON	PC	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Clit	4	iobj	_	_
4	chiedete	chiedere	VERB	V	Mood=Imp|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	qualcosa	qualcosa	PRON	PI	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	dobj	_	_
6	da	da	ADP	E	_	7	mark	_	_
7	bere	bere	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	4	punct	_	_

acl in other languages: [bg] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fr] [ga] [he] [hu] [it] [ja] [ko] [sv] [u]

acl: clausal modifier of noun

Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

`acl`: clausal modifier of noun