nmod:agent: agent of verbnouns in _cael_ constructions
Even though Welsh has not passive, there is a periphrastic construction using the verb cael which is used frequently in cases where other languages would use a passive
Examples
- Mae’r geiriau wedi eu ysgrifennu gan John Howel “the words were written by John Howel”
1 Mae bod VERB verb Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'r y DET art _ 3 det _ _ 3 geiriau gair NOUN noun Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ _ 4 wedi wedi AUX ante _ 6 aux _ _ 5 eu eu PRON dep Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:obj _ _ 6 ysgrifennu ysgrifennu NOUN verbnoun Number=Sing|VerbForm=Vnoun 1 xcomp _ _ 7 gan gan ADP prep _ 8 case _ _ 8 John John PROPN person _ 6 nmod:agent _ _ 9 Howel Howel PROPN person Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 flat:name _ _
nmod:agent in other languages: [cy] [ka]