Gender[psor]: possessor’s gender
Possessive adjectives and pronouns may have two different genders: that of the
possessed object (gender agreement with modified noun) and that of
the possessor (lexical feature, inherent gender). The Gender[psor]
feature captures the possessor’s gender.
In the Czech examples below, the masculine gender implies using one of the suffixes -ův, -ova, -ovo, and the feminine gender implies using one of -in, -ina, -ino.
Masc: masculine possessor
Examples
- otcův syn “father’s son”
Gender[psor]=Masc|Gender=Masc - otcova dcera “father’s daughter”
Gender[psor]=Masc|Gender=Fem - otcovo dítě “father’s child”
Gender[psor]=Masc|Gender=Neut
Fem: feminine possessor
Examples
- matčin syn “mother’s son”
Gender[psor]=Fem|Gender=Masc - matčina dcera “mother’s daughter”
Gender[psor]=Fem|Gender=Fem - matčino dítě “mother’s child”
Gender[psor]=Fem|Gender=Neut