In Italian, the case relation is used for any preposition introducing a noun, pronoun, adjective or adverb. Prepositions are treated as dependents of the element they attach to (or introduce) in an “extended nominal projection”.
If the head of the relation is a verb in a subordinate clause, than the correct relation is mark. If the verb is used as a noun infinitive, than case is the correct relation.
La consegna consiste in il fare ronde notturne .
case(fare, in)
det(fare, il)
Si finisce con l' esaltare il genio maschile .
case(esaltare, con)
det(esaltare, l')
nmod(finisce, esaltare)
Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)
This relation is universal.
41079 nodes (14%) are attached to their parents as case.
41077 instances of case (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.75520338859271.
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1 Corriere Corriere PROPN SP _ 0 root _ _
2 Sport Sport PROPN SP _ 1 name _ _
3 da da ADP E _ 4 case _ _
4 pagina pagina NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
5 23 23 NUM N NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _
6 a a ADP E _ 7 case _ _
7 pagina pagina NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
8 26 26 NUM N NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _
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1 Alcune alcuno DET DI Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Ind 2 det _ _
2 chiamate chiamata NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _
3 partirono partire VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
4 da da ADP E _ 6 case _ _
5 il il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
6 Quirinale Quirinale PROPN SP _ 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT FS _ 3 punct _ _
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1 Tutti tutto DET T Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Predet 3 det:predet _ _
2 gli il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
3 esseri essere NOUN S Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _
4 umani umano ADJ A Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 amod _ _
5 sanno sapere VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
6 di di ADP E _ 9 mark _ _
7 poter potere AUX VM VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _
8 essere essere VERB V VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _
9 più più ADV B _ 5 xcomp _ _
10 di di ADP E _ 11 case _ _
11 ciò ciò PRON PD Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ _
12 che che PRON PR PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _
13 sono essere VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No
14 . . PUNCT FS _ 5 punct _ _