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Number: number

Number is an inflectional feature of nouns, pronouns,adjectives, determiners and verbs).

Sing: singular number

A singular noun denotes one person, animal or thing.

Examples

• [en] casa “house”, io compro “I buy”

Plur: plural number

A plural noun denotes several persons, animals or things.

Examples

• [en] case “houses”, noi compriamo “we buy”

Dual: dual number

Not used.

Examples

Ptan: plurale tantum

Not used.

Coll: collective / mass / singulare tantum

Not used.

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Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)

This feature is universal. It occurs with 2 different values: Plur, Sing.

153518 tokens (52%) have a non-empty value of Number. 19169 types (70%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number. 10739 lemmas (58%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number. The feature is used with 10 part-of-speech tags: it-pos/NOUN (53570; 18% instances), it-pos/DET (46903; 16% instances), it-pos/VERB (22178; 8% instances), it-pos/ADJ (18332; 6% instances), it-pos/AUX (7582; 3% instances), it-pos/PRON (4944; 2% instances), it-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN (3; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances), it-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

NOUN

53570 it-pos/NOUN tokens (92% of all NOUN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which NOUN and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (29660; 55%).

NOUN tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (16140; 30% of non-empty Number): anni, persone, opere, paesi, diritti, giorni, cittadini, membri, donne, condizioni
• Sing (37430; 70% of non-empty Number): presidente, parte, fondo, diritto, anno, legge, proprietario, stato, caso, art.
• EMPTY (4487): città, società, proprietà, film, attività, servitù, autorità, radar, libertà, responsabilità

Paradigm anno	Sing	Plur
	anno	anni

DET

46903 it-pos/DET tokens (99% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Number co-occurred: PronType=Art (41718; 89%), Definite=Def (37155; 79%), Gender=Masc (23688; 51%).

DET tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (12248; 26% of non-empty Number): i, le, gli, tutti, suoi, alcuni, quanti, sue, questi, queste
• Sing (34655; 74% of non-empty Number): il, la, l’, un, una, lo, quale, sua, suo, un’
• EMPTY (645): loro, che, cui, più, altrui, the, l’, de, A, Every

Paradigm il	Sing	Plur
Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	il, lo, l’, l', lu, i1	i, gli, il
Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|PronType=Art	la, l', l’, le, il	le, l’
Definite=Def|PronType=Art	l', l’	l'
Person=3|PronType=Clit	l’
PronType=Art	l’

VERB

22178 it-pos/VERB tokens (78% of all VERB tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which VERB and Number co-occurred: Gender=EMPTY (13625; 61%), VerbForm=Fin (13262; 60%), Mood=Ind (12193; 55%), Person=3 (11941; 54%).

VERB tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (6068; 27% of non-empty Number): sono, hanno, erano, fanno, siano, siamo, stabilite, fatti, trovano, stati
• Sing (16110; 73% of non-empty Number): è, ha, era, fatto, trova, stato, visto, fa, chiama, sia
• EMPTY (6434): essere, fare, far, vedere, avere, dire, dare, chiedere, andare, pagare

Paradigm essere	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	stato	stati
Gender=Fem|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	stata	state
Mood=Cnd|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sarei	saremmo
Mood=Cnd|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sarebbe	sarebbero
Mood=Imp|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sii
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	sarò	saremo
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	ero	eravamo
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sono	siamo
Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	sarai
Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin		eravate
Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sei	siete
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	sarà	saranno
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era	erano
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	fu	furono
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	è, e', É, E’, E`	sono, È
Mood=Sub|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fossi	fossimo
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse	fossero
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sia	siano

ADJ

18332 it-pos/ADJ tokens (98% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

ADJ tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (6004; 33% of non-empty Number): altri, grandi, seguenti, nazionali, speciali, altre, locali, importanti, internazionali, principali
• Sing (12328; 67% of non-empty Number): grande, presente, comune, primo, prima, internazionale, possibile, sociale, nazionale, nuovo
• EMPTY (347): ex, pari, anti, gran, fa, vice, 1°, blu, maggior, post

Paradigm altro	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc	altro	altri
Gender=Fem	altra	altre

AUX

7582 it-pos/AUX tokens (94% of all AUX tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which AUX and Number co-occurred: VerbForm=Fin (7006; 92%), Person=3 (6489; 86%), Mood=Ind (6237; 82%), Tense=Pres (6034; 80%).

AUX tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (2291; 30% of non-empty Number): sono, hanno, possono, stati, devono, abbiamo, erano, siano, possiamo, vengono
• Sing (5291; 70% of non-empty Number): è, ha, può, stato, deve, era, viene, stata, aveva, sia
• EMPTY (500): essere, aver, poter, esser, dover, avere, voler, essendo, venire, avendo

Paradigm essere	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	stato	stati
Gender=Fem|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	stata	state
Mood=Cnd|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin		saremmo
Mood=Cnd|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sarebbe	sarebbero
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	ero	eravamo
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	Fui
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sono	siamo
Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sei	siete
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	sarà	saranno
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era	erano
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	fu	furono
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	è, E'	sono, son
Mood=Sub|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fossi
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse	fossero
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sia	siano

PRON

4944 it-pos/PRON tokens (44% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Number co-occurred: Person=EMPTY (2876; 58%).

PRON tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (1325; 27% of non-empty Number): ci, li, noi, tutti, altri, loro, quelli, quelle, quali, essi
• Sing (3619; 73% of non-empty Number): lo, qual, quanto, mi, quale, quello, uno, la, questo, cosa
• EMPTY (6313): si, che, chi, cui, ne, ci, c’, se, le, vi

Paradigm lo	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|Person=3	lo, gli	li
Gender=Masc	lo
Gender=Fem|Person=3	la	le
Gender=Fem		le
Person=3	l', gli	gli

ADP

4 it-pos/ADP tokens (0% of all ADP tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

ADP tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Sing (4; 100% of non-empty Number): alla, del, della, du
• EMPTY (44541): di, a, in, da, per, con, su, come, ad, tra

PROPN

3 it-pos/PROPN tokens (0% of all PROPN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

PROPN tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (1; 33% of non-empty Number): hye
• Sing (2; 67% of non-empty Number): Ceca, Repubblica
• EMPTY (14757): Italia, Shakespeare, Balzac, Europa, Roma, Stati, Uniti, San, Albania, Marco

ADV

1 it-pos/ADV tokens (0% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which ADV and Number co-occurred: PronType=EMPTY (1; 100%).

ADV tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Sing (1; 100% of non-empty Number): pochissimo
• EMPTY (11223): non, più, anche, dove, come, quando, solo, sempre, prima, poi

X

1 it-pos/X tokens (1% of all X tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

X tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Sing (1; 100% of non-empty Number): cultural
• EMPTY (183): a, b, c, f, Damage, ad, de, home, la, Come

Relations with Agreement in Number

The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Number: NOUN –[det]–> DET (36664; 92%), NOUN –[amod]–> ADJ (13518; 90%), NOUN –[nmod]–> NOUN (8399; 52%), VERB –[nsubj]–> NOUN (4355; 78%), VERB –[aux]–> AUX (3229; 58%), NOUN –[conj]–> NOUN (3087; 72%), NOUN –[acl]–> VERB (2197; 72%), VERB –[auxpass]–> AUX (1890; 86%), NOUN –[acl:relcl]–> VERB (1695; 74%), VERB –[nsubjpass]–> NOUN (1558; 86%).

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