nsubj: nominal subject
A nominal subject is a nominal phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause; in Middle Armenian, the phrase is generally in the nominative Case.
However, there are notable instances of subjects appearing in oblique cases. With the emergence of the passive suffix -v- (Voice=Pass) in Middle Armenian, which allows for the differentiation between active and passive forms of the verb, the use of the genitive / dative for subjects disappears. Nevertheless, occasional examples of subjects in the oblique cases (dative, accusative) can still be found.
See nsubj:pass, csubj:pass, and nsubj:caus for when the subject is not the proto-agent argument due to valency-changing operations.)
(See csubj for when the subject is clausal.
The governor of the nsubj relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement
of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun (including a noun marked by a preposition).
# visual-style 2 1 nsubj color:blue
1 ստամոքն ստամոք NOUN _ Animacy=Nhum|Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _
2 ցաւէ ցաւել VERB _ Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Pos|Style=Arch|Subcat=Intr|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid 0 root _ _
# visual-style 3 1 nsubj color:blue
1 այսոր այս PRON _ Case=Dat|Deixis=Prox|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _
2 ուժ ուժ NOUN _ Animacy=Nhum|Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Number=Sing 3 obj _ _
3 չուննայ ուննալ VERB _ Aspect=Prosp|Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Neg|Subcat=Tran|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act 0 root _ _
# visual-style 3 2 nsubj color:blue
1 իւր իւր DET _ Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Poss|Style=Arch 2 det:poss _ _
2 թոյնքն թոյն NOUN _ Animacy=Nhum|Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _
3 տաք տաք ADJ _ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _
4 է եմ AUX _ Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Polarity=Pos|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _
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