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appos: appositional modifier

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

Карл Четвертый , римский император и чешский король , царствовал в XIV веке . \n Charles IV , Roman Emperor and Czech king , ruled in 14th century .
appos(Карл, император)
appos(Charles, Emperor)
conj(император, король)
conj(Emperor, king)
Польская Социалистическая Партия ( ПСП ) \n Polish Socialist Party ( PSP )
appos(Партия, ПСП)
appos(Party, PSP)

There is a slight deviation from the universal standard in case of more than one appositive nominal. Instead of attaching them all to the first noun, all the appositive modifiers are put together in coordination, then attached as appos to the modified noun. This is done regardless whether the appositives are joined by a coordinating conjunction or just a comma.

Пришел Михаил , мой брат и кузен Давида . \n Came Mikhail , my brother and cousin of-David .
appos(Михаил, брат)
appos(Mikhail, brother)
conj(брат, кузен)
conj(brother, cousin)
Михаил , мой брат , кузен Давида , придет завтра . \n Mikhail , my brother , cousin of-David , will-come tomorrow .
appos(Михаил, брат)
appos(Mikhail, brother)
conj(брат, кузен)
conj(brother, cousin)

appos is also used to link key-value pairs in addresses, signatures, etc. (see also the list label):

Иван Петров , тел . : 8(495)-000-11-22 , e-mail : petrov@mail.ru
name(Иван, Петров)
list(Иван, тел)
list(Иван, e-mail)
appos(тел, 8(495)-000-11-22-7)
appos(e-mail, petrov@mail.ru)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian)

This relation is universal.

2835 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as appos.

2819 instances of appos (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.68042328042328.

The following 49 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (1311; 46% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (882; 31% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/NOUN (124; 4% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/PROPN (103; 4% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADJ (99; 3% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NUM (52; 2% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/X (45; 2% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/VERB (29; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADP (26; 1% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/ADJ (19; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADJ (14; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (14; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/NOUN (13; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/SYM (10; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADJ (7; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (6; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (6; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/NOUN (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/ADP (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/X (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/X (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PROPN-ru-pos/X (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/X (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/X-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances).

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1	Новое	_	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	_
2	название	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	nsubjpass	_	_
3	поселению	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	iobj	_	_
4	было	_	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Gender=Neut|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past	5	auxpass	_	_
5	дано	_	VERB	VBNH	Animacy=Inan|Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	по	_	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	речке	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	Пивка	_	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	О	_	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
2	лечении	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
3	и	_	CONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	профилактике	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	в	_	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	статье	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	неврит	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Входит	_	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres	0	root	_	_
2	в	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	состав	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	кантона	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
5	Ла	_	X	AFX	_	7	goeswith	_	_
6	-	_	PUNCT	-	_	7	goeswith	_	_
7	Рошель	_	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	9	_	X	AFX	_	11	amod	_	_
9	-	_	PUNCT	-	_	8	goeswith	_	_
10	й	_	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	goeswith	_	_
11	кантон	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian-SynTagRus)

This relation is universal.

7922 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as appos.

7839 instances of appos (99%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.35571825296642.

The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with appos: ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (7205; 91% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NUM (215; 3% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (138; 2% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADJ (68; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADJ (59; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (54; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PART (53; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/VERB (37; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/VERB (26; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADV (15; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADV (9; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/NUM (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/VERB (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/CONJ (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/CONJ-ru-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/CONJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/SYM (1; 0% instances).

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1	-	-	PUNCT	-	_	2	punct	_	_
2	Детерминированность	ДЕТЕРМИНИРОВАННОСТЬ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	(	_	4	punct	_	_
4	определённость	ОПРЕДЕЛЕННОСТЬ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	)	)	PUNCT	)	_	4	punct	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Мы	МЫ	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	потеряли	ТЕРЯТЬ	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	"	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Марс	МАРС	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	dobj	_	_
5	-	-	PUNCT	-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	96	96	NUM	_	_	4	appos	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	"	_	6	punct	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	который	КОТОРЫЙ	ADJ	_	Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	nsubjpass	_	_
10	создавался	СОЗДАВАТЬ	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|Gender=Masc|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	многие	МНОГИЕ	ADJ	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	12	amod	_	_
12	годы	ГОД	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	И	И	CONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	_
2	на	НА	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
3	него	ОН	PRON	_	_	7	dobj	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	отца	ОТЕЦ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Anim|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	похож	ПОХОЖИЙ	ADJ	_	Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Variant=Brev	0	root	_	_
8	?	?	PUNCT	?	_	7	punct	_	_


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