Universal Dependency Project Set
  • provides an inventory of dependency relations that are linguistically motivated, computationally useful, and cross-linguistically applicable

Subset of Dependency Relation Types

Clausal Argument Relations

Description

Examples with head and dependent

SUBJ

subject

We booked her the flight

DOBJ

direct object

We booked her the flight

IOBJ

indirect object

We booked her the flight

CCOMP

clausal complement

XCOMP

open clausal complement

Nominal Modifier Relations

Description

Examples with head and dependent

NMOD

nominal modifier

We took the morning flight

AMOD

adjectival modifier

We took the cheapest flight

NUMMOD

numeric modifier

We took 1000 flights

APPOS

appositional modifier

United, a unit of UAL, matched the fares

DET

determiner

The flight was canceled

CASE

adpositions and other case markers

Book the flight through Houston

Other Notable Relations

Description

Examples with head and dependent

CONJ

Conjunct

We flew to Denver and drove to home

CC

Coordinating Conjunction

We flew to Denver and drove to home