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nmod:own: owner in a possessive existential sentence

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This subtype of nmod is used for marking the owner of a possessive existential sentence.

In Turkish possessive sentences (e.g., “I have a book”) resemble existential sentences where the subject is the entity that “exists”, or “owned”. nmod:own relation marks the entity that “owns” the subject. The head of the relation is the predicate, as opposed to the subject noun phrase (this allows a uniform analysis in case the subject is dropped). It should not be confused with nmod:poss, which is used in (genitive-)possessive constructions.

Benim bir kitabım var . \n I have a book
nmod:own(var, Benim)
nsubj(var, kitabım)
Benim var , ama Ali'nin yok . \n I have (it\/something), but Ali doesn't
nmod:own(var, Benim)
nmod:own(yok, Ali'nin)