Definite: definiteness or state
Definiteness in Swedish is an inflectional feature of nouns, as well as adjectives and determiners that agree with nouns. Its value distinguishes whether we are talking about something known and concrete, or something general or unknown.
Ind: indefinite
Examples
- [sv] en särskild broschyr “a particular brochure”
- [sv] ett lotteri “a lottery”
Def: definite
Examples
- [sv] vinsterna “the profits”
- [sv] de särskilda förmånerna “the special benefits”
Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 2 different values: Def, Ind.
37445 tokens (39%) have a non-empty value of Definite.
10628 types (70%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
7000 lemmas (68%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
The feature is used with 6 part-of-speech tags: sv-pos/NOUN (22428; 23% instances), sv-pos/DET (5479; 6% instances), sv-pos/PRON (4857; 5% instances), sv-pos/ADJ (4562; 5% instances), sv-pos/NUM (92; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB (27; 0% instances).
NOUN
22428 sv-pos/NOUN tokens (98% of all NOUN tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which NOUN and Definite co-occurred: Case=Nom (21443; 96%), Gender=Com (15646; 70%), Number=Sing (15356; 68%).
NOUN tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(7690; 34% of non-emptyDefinite): äktenskapet, barnen, samhället, familjen, kvinnan, barnet, mannen, kvinnorna, världen, föräldrarnaInd(14738; 66% of non-emptyDefinite): år, barn, del, procent, människor, tid, sätt, arbete, fall, kvinnorEMPTY(556): kr, %, dr, s., kap., proc, KPI, milj, mån, sid
| Paradigm barn | Ind | Def |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Gen|Number=Sing | barns | barnets |
| Case=Gen|Number=Plur | barns | barnens |
| Case=Nom|Number=Sing | barn | barnet |
| Case=Nom|Number=Plur | barn | barnen |
DET
5479 sv-pos/DET tokens (97% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Definite co-occurred: Poss=EMPTY (4776; 87%), Number=Sing (4178; 76%), Gender=Com (2797; 51%).
DET tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(2818; 51% of non-emptyDefinite): den, de, det, sin, denna, dessa, sina, deras, detta, sittInd(2661; 49% of non-emptyDefinite): en, ett, samma, varje, någon, några, ingen, vilka, något, vilkenEMPTY(177): alla, allt, all, the
| Paradigm en | Ind | Def |
|---|---|---|
| Gender=Com|Number=Sing | en | den |
| Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | ett | det |
| Number=Plur | de, Dom |
Definite seems to be lexical feature of DET. 94% lemmas (30) occur only with one value of Definite.
PRON
4857 sv-pos/PRON tokens (81% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Definite co-occurred: PronType=EMPTY (4658; 96%), Number=Sing (3288; 68%).
PRON tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(3558; 73% of non-emptyDefinite): det, de, sig, vi, den, du, detta, dem, han, jagInd(1299; 27% of non-emptyDefinite): man, vad, en, andra, något, många, alla, allt, var, vilketEMPTY(1118): som
| Paradigm en | Ind | Def |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Nom|Gender=Com|Number=Sing | en | |
| Case=Nom|Number=Plur | de | |
| Gender=Com|Number=Sing | en | den |
| Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | ett | det |
| Number=Plur | den |
Definite seems to be lexical feature of PRON. 96% lemmas (49) occur only with one value of Definite.
ADJ
4562 sv-pos/ADJ tokens (54% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Definite co-occurred: Case=Nom (4556; 100%), Number=Sing (4129; 91%), VerbForm=EMPTY (3919; 86%), Tense=EMPTY (3919; 86%), Degree=Pos (3632; 80%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Def(1348; 30% of non-emptyDefinite): hela, nya, flesta, svenska, andra, bästa, ekonomiska, största, kristna, närmasteInd(3214; 70% of non-emptyDefinite): stor, flera, annan, själv, sådan, viss, annat, ny, sådana, svårtEMPTY(3936): olika, andra, många, större, första, vissa, stora, nya, egen, högre
| Paradigm stor | Ind | Def |
|---|---|---|
| Degree=Pos|Gender=Com|Number=Sing | stor | |
| Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | stort | |
| Degree=Pos|Number=Sing | stora | |
| Degree=Sup | störst | största |
| Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | störste |
NUM
92 sv-pos/NUM tokens (5% of all NUM tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which NUM and Definite co-occurred: Case=Nom (92; 100%).
NUM tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Ind(92; 100% of non-emptyDefinite): en, ettEMPTY(1649): två, tre, 1, 20, 2, 1970, 3, 10, 1971, 7
VERB
27 sv-pos/VERB tokens (0% of all VERB tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.
The most frequent other feature values with which VERB and Definite co-occurred: Tense=Past (27; 100%), Voice=EMPTY (27; 100%), VerbForm=Part (27; 100%), Mood=EMPTY (27; 100%).
VERB tokens may have the following values of Definite:
Ind(27; 100% of non-emptyDefinite): vald, vänd, hörselskadad, accepterad, förbjudet, förstärkt, förändrad, ifylld, komplicerad, likställdEMPTY(9942): har, finns, är, blir, få, får, ha, gäller, ger, går
Definite seems to be lexical feature of VERB. 100% lemmas (22) occur only with one value of Definite.
Relations with Agreement in Definite
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Definite:
NOUN –[det]–> DET (3733; 82%),
NOUN –[nmod]–> NOUN (1861; 59%),
NOUN –[conj]–> NOUN (1703; 88%),
NOUN –[appos]–> NOUN (192; 67%),
ADJ –[det]–> DET (163; 59%),
ADJ –[conj]–> ADJ (152; 78%),
NOUN –[acl]–> NOUN (55; 57%),
PRON –[nsubj]–> NOUN (23; 59%),
PRON –[mwe]–> PRON (23; 66%),
DET –[mwe]–> ADJ (19; 79%).
Definite in other languages: [bg] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fa] [fr] [ga] [he] [hu] [it] [ja] [ko] [sv] [u]