case: case marking
In Italian, the case relation is used for any preposition introducing a noun, pronoun, adjective or adverb. Prepositions are treated as dependents of the element they attach to (or introduce) in an “extended nominal projection”.
Avevano da poco lasciato la cima
case(poco, da)
Camminata da spia
case(spia, da)
Sono d' accordo su il principio
case(principio, su)
det(principio, il)
nmod(Sono, accordo)
nmod(accordo, principio)
il ministro di l' Interno
case(Interno, di)
det(Interno, l')
nmod(ministro, Interno)
The case relation can also be used for multiword expression introducing a complement.
Prima di tutto
case(tutto, Prima)
mwe(Prima, di)
If the head of the relation is a verb in a subordinate clause, than the correct relation is mark. If the verb is used as a noun infinitive, than case is the correct relation.
La consegna consiste in il fare ronde notturne .
case(fare, in)
det(fare, il)
Si finisce con l' esaltare il genio maschile .
case(esaltare, con)
det(esaltare, l')
nmod(finisce, esaltare)
Treebank Statistics (UD_Italian)
This relation is universal.
41079 nodes (14%) are attached to their parents as case.
41077 instances of case (100%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.75520338859271.
The following 28 pairs of parts of speech are connected with case: it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/ADP (31722; 77% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/ADP (5566; 14% instances), it-pos/PRON-it-pos/ADP (1653; 4% instances), it-pos/NUM-it-pos/ADP (918; 2% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/ADV (290; 1% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/ADP (263; 1% instances), it-pos/ADJ-it-pos/ADP (220; 1% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/ADP (121; 0% instances), it-pos/SYM-it-pos/ADP (57; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/ADV (50; 0% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/NOUN (35; 0% instances), it-pos/SCONJ-it-pos/ADP (34; 0% instances), it-pos/PRON-it-pos/ADV (32; 0% instances), it-pos/ADP-it-pos/ADP (27; 0% instances), it-pos/NUM-it-pos/ADV (27; 0% instances), it-pos/ADV-it-pos/ADV (18; 0% instances), it-pos/X-it-pos/ADP (17; 0% instances), it-pos/SCONJ-it-pos/ADV (9; 0% instances), it-pos/ADJ-it-pos/ADV (6; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), it-pos/ADJ-it-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), it-pos/DET-it-pos/ADP (1; 0% instances), it-pos/NOUN-it-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PROPN-it-pos/SCONJ (1; 0% instances), it-pos/PUNCT-it-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), it-pos/VERB-it-pos/ADV (1; 0% instances).
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1 Corriere Corriere PROPN SP _ 0 root _ _
2 Sport Sport PROPN SP _ 1 name _ _
3 da da ADP E _ 4 case _ _
4 pagina pagina NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
5 23 23 NUM N NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _
6 a a ADP E _ 7 case _ _
7 pagina pagina NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _
8 26 26 NUM N NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _
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1 Alcune alcuno DET DI Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Ind 2 det _ _
2 chiamate chiamata NOUN S Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _
3 partirono partire VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
4 da da ADP E _ 6 case _ _
5 il il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
6 Quirinale Quirinale PROPN SP _ 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
7 . . PUNCT FS _ 3 punct _ _
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1 Tutti tutto DET T Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Predet 3 det:predet _ _
2 gli il DET RD Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art 3 det _ _
3 esseri essere NOUN S Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _
4 umani umano ADJ A Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 amod _ _
5 sanno sapere VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _
6 di di ADP E _ 9 mark _ _
7 poter potere AUX VM VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _
8 essere essere VERB V VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _
9 più più ADV B _ 5 xcomp _ _
10 di di ADP E _ 11 case _ _
11 ciò ciò PRON PD Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ _
12 che che PRON PR PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _
13 sono essere VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No
14 . . PUNCT FS _ 5 punct _ _
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