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obl:unmarked: noun phrase as adverbial modifier

This relation is a subtype of the obl relation, replacing the deprecated :npmod subtype, which captures cases where a noun phrase is used as an adverbial modifier in a sentence, without a preposition indicating its oblique status:

Used for non-reflexive pronouns used adverbially (i.e. regular pronouns):

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ⲧⲉ/PRON ⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ/VERB ⲛⲧⲟ/PRON \n you are blessed yourself

nsubj(ⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ,ⲧⲉ)
obl:unmarked(ⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ,ⲛⲧⲟ)
{
    "text": "ⲧⲉ ⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲛⲧⲟ \n you are blessed yourself ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "PRON", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "VERB", [ [ 3, 10 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "PRON", [ [ 11, 14 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 17, 20 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 21, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T7", "token", [ [ 25, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T8", "token", [ [ 33, 41 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "nsubj", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R3", "obl:unmarked", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T3" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

Inflected modifiers (Scriptorium tag IMOD, cf. Layton 2011: 118-123) are also seen as oblique NPs. For example, ϩⲱⲱ⸗ is used together with an object pronoun to mean ‘also X’ or ‘X for X’s part. Because of its basic modifier semantics, meaning ‘also’, the combination is seen as oblique, so that the function of the phrase is again obl:unmarked. Note that ϩⲱⲱ is not a preposition, and the analysis treats it similarly to a possessed noun, so that the pronoun is seen as a determiner det and the entire combination is an oblique NP:

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ϩⲱⲱ/ADV ⲕ/PRON ⲕ/PRON ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ/VERB \n you also worship/for your part you worship
obl:npmod(ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ, ϩⲱⲱ)
det(ϩⲱⲱ, ⲕ-2)
{
    "text": "ϩⲱⲱ ⲕ ⲕ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ \n you also worship your part you worship ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "ADV", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "PRON", [ [ 4, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "PRON", [ [ 6, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "VERB", [ [ 8, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 16, 19 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T7", "token", [ [ 20, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T8", "for", [ [ 25, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T9", "token", [ [ 33, 37 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T10", "token", [ [ 38, 42 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T11", "token", [ [ 43, 46 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T12", "token", [ [ 47, 54 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "obl:npmod", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-R2", "det", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

See also NPs used to indicate manner, means, extent etc.:

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ⲙⲡ/AUX ⲥ/PRON ⲙⲧⲟⲛ/VERB ⲙⲙⲟ/ADP ⲥ/PRON ⲗⲁⲁⲩ/NOUN \n she did not repose (in) anything

obl:unmarked(ⲙⲧⲟⲛ,ⲗⲁⲁⲩ)
{
    "text": "ⲙⲡ ⲥ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟ ⲥ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ \n she did not repose (in) anything ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "AUX", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "PRON", [ [ 3, 4 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "VERB", [ [ 5, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "ADP", [ [ 10, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T5", "PRON", [ [ 14, 15 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T6", "NOUN", [ [ 16, 20 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T8", "token", [ [ 23, 26 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T9", "token", [ [ 27, 30 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T10", "token", [ [ 31, 34 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T11", "token", [ [ 35, 41 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T12", "token", [ [ 42, 46 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T13", "token", [ [ 47, 55 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R2", "obl:unmarked", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T6" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

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obl:unmarked in other languages: [cop] [en] [he]

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