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dobj: direct object

The direct object of a verb is the noun phrase that denotes the entity acted upon. Most often the direct object is in the accusative case but there are verbs that require their objects be in other cases (except for nominative and vocative).

Accusative example:

Я купил машину . \n I have-bought car .
dobj(купил, машину)
dobj(have-bought, car)

Genitive example:

Я не боюсь этого . \n I-am not afraid of this .
dobj(боюсь, этого)
dobj(afraid, this)

Dative example:

Но это не соответствует действительности . \n But this not corresponds to-reality .
dobj(соответствует, действительности)
dobj(corresponds, to-reality)

Instrumental example:

Президент руководит страной . \n The President rules the country .
dobj(руководит, страной)
dobj(rules, country)

In general, if there is just one object, it should be labeled dobj, regardless of the morphological case or semantic role that it bears. If there are two or more objects, one of them should be dobj and the others should be iobj. In such cases it is necessary to decide what is the most directly affected object (patient). The one exception is when there is a clausal complement. Then the clausal complement is regarded as a “clausal direct object” and an object nominal will be an iobj.


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian)

This relation is universal.

2597 nodes (3%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

2258 instances of dobj (87%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.10127069695803.

The following 23 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (2178; 84% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PRON (145; 6% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PROPN (120; 5% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/DET (73; 3% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NUM (15; 1% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADJ (14; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (9; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/SYM (8; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PRON (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PROPN (4; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/X (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADP-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/NUM-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).

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1	В	_	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	выборах	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Loc|Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
3	могли	_	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
4	участвовать	_	VERB	VB	Aspect=Imp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	только	_	X	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
6	граждане	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
7	,	_	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	платящие	_	VERB	VBNL	Animacy=Anim|Aspect=Imp|Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act	6	acl	_	_
9	налоги	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Number=Plur	8	dobj	_	_
10	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	Они	_	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	nsubj	_	_
2	вели	_	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
3	себя	_	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Reflex=Yes	2	dobj	_	_
4	,	_	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	словно	_	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	оба	_	NUM	CD	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc	8	nsubj	_	_
7	не	_	PART	NEG	_	8	neg	_	_
8	ожидали	_	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past	2	advcl	_	_
9	встретить	_	VERB	VB	Aspect=Perf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	друг	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	dobj	_	_
11	друга	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
12	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_

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1	Ещё	_	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	в	_	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	правление	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
4	отца	_	NOUN	NN	Animacy=Anim|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
5	получил	_	VERB	VBC	Aspect=Perf|Gender=Masc|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
6	Западную	_	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	amod	_	_
7	Моравию	_	PROPN	NNP	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	dobj	_	_
8	(	_	PUNCT	(	_	9	punct	_	_
9	1029	_	ADJ	JJL	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	)	_	PUNCT	)	_	9	punct	_	_
11	.	_	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Russian-SynTagRus)

This relation is universal.

88674 nodes (9%) are attached to their parents as dobj.

74805 instances of dobj (84%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.09660103299727.

The following 26 pairs of parts of speech are connected with dobj: ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/NOUN (43481; 49% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/NOUN (29732; 34% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PRON (6359; 7% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADJ (3265; 4% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/NOUN (1600; 2% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/NOUN (1484; 2% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/PRON (1262; 1% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/ADJ (475; 1% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/PRON (334; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/SYM (212; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADJ (202; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/PRON (119; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/ADJ (64; 0% instances), ru-pos/NOUN-ru-pos/SYM (37; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/ADV (15; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/PRON (12; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/SYM (5; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADV-ru-pos/SYM (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), ru-pos/ADJ-ru-pos/ADV (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/INTJ-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/PART-ru-pos/NOUN (2; 0% instances), ru-pos/PRON-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SCONJ-ru-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/SYM-ru-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), ru-pos/VERB-ru-pos/PART (1; 0% instances).

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1	Разумеется	РАЗУМЕЕТСЯ	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	эти	ЭТОТ	DET	_	Case=Acc|Number=Plur	4	det	_	_
4	объяснения	ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	7	dobj	_	_
5	вряд_ли	ВРЯД_ЛИ	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	можно	МОЖНО	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	счесть	СЧИТАТЬ	VERB	_	Aspect=Perf|VerbForm=Inf	6	nsubj	_	_
8	убедительными	УБЕДИТЕЛЬНЫЙ	ADJ	_	Case=Ins|Degree=Pos|Number=Plur	7	dobj	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_

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1	Определения	ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	алгоритма	АЛГОРИТМ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	dobj	_	_
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Она	ОНА	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	означает	ОЗНАЧАТЬ	VERB	_	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	нечто	НЕЧТО	PRON	_	_	2	dobj	_	_
4	принципиально	ПРИНЦИПИАЛЬНО	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	другое	ДРУГОЙ	ADJ	_	Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	3	amod	_	_
6	-	-	PUNCT	-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	продолжение	ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
8	работы	РАБОТА	NOUN	_	Animacy=Inan|Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	dobj	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_


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