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`nmod:poss`: possessive nominal modifier

The nmod:poss relation is used between a nominal phrase and its possessive determiner. In Bamana, there are several types of possessive constructions. Inalienable possession is expressed by juxtaposition of two noun phrases.



  
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# visual-style 7 6 nmod:poss	color:blue
# visual-style 6	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6	fgColor:white
# visual-style 7	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7	fgColor:white
1	mògò	mɔ̀gɔ	NOUN	_	_	4	nsubj	_	_
2	si	sí	DET	_	_	1	det	_	_
3	ma	ma	AUX	_	_	4	aux	_	_
4	se	sé	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
5	ka	kà	AUX	_	_	8	aux	_	_
6	den	dén	NOUN	_	_	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tògò	tɔ́gɔ	NOUN	_	_	8	obj	_	_
8	fò	fɔ́	VERB	_	_	4	xcomp	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T1", "NOUN", [ [ 0, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T2", "DET", [ [ 7, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T3", "AUX", [ [ 10, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T4", "VERB", [ [ 13, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T5", "AUX", [ [ 16, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T6", "NOUN", [ [ 19, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T7", "NOUN", [ [ 23, 29 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T8", "VERB", [ [ 30, 33 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-T9", "PUNCT", [ [ 34, 35 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R0", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R1", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R2", "aux", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R3", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R4", "aux", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R5", "nmod:poss", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R6", "obj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T7" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R7", "xcomp", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T8" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-S1-R8", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-S1-T8" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-S1-T9" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-1-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: mɔ̀gɔ" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: sí" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ma" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: sé" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: kà" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: dén" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: tɔ́gɔ" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T8", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: fɔ́" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T9", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ [ "embedded-1-S1-T7", "embedded-1-S1-T6", "nmod:poss" ], "color", "blue" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T6", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T6", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T7", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-1-S1-T7", "fgColor", "white" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ],
    "text": "mògò si ma se ka den tògò fò .",
    "error": false
}

‘No one could say the child’s name’.

Alienable possession is marked by a postposition ká which follows a dependent noun.



  
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# visual-style 5 3 nmod:poss	color:blue
# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
# visual-style 5	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5	fgColor:white
1	a	à	PRON	_	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sera	sera	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	_
3	u	ù	PRON	_	_	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ka	ka	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
5	du	dú	NOUN	_	_	2	obl	_	_
6	kònò	kɔ́nɔ	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	_
{
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "PRON", [ [ 0, 1 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "VERB", [ [ 2, 6 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "PRON", [ [ 7, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "ADP", [ [ 9, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "NOUN", [ [ 12, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "ADP", [ [ 15, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-T7", "PUNCT", [ [ 22, 23 ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R0", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R1", "root", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T0" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R2", "nmod:poss", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R3", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T4" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R4", "obl", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T5" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R5", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T5" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-S1-R6", "punct", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-S1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-S1-T7" ] ] ]
    ],
    "comments": [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T1", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: à" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T2", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: sera" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ù" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T4", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ka" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: dú" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T6", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: kɔ́nɔ" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T7", "AnnotatorNotes", "Lemma: ." ] ],
    "styles": [ [ [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "embedded-2-S1-T3", "nmod:poss" ], "color", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T3", "fgColor", "white" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "bgColor", "blue" ], [ "embedded-2-S1-T5", "fgColor", "white" ] ],
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ],
    "text": "a sera u ka du kònò .",
    "error": false
}

‘They came to their house’.

nmod:poss in other languages: [ab] [apu] [bej] [bm] [en] [fi] [ga] [hbo] [hy] [id] [jv] [koi] [kpv] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [pcm] [sms] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [vi]

nmod:poss: possessive nominal modifier

`nmod:poss`: possessive nominal modifier