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nmod:poss: possessive nominal modifier

A subtype of nmod, nmod:poss is used for a possessive modifier preceding its nominal head. The modifier could be a possessive pronoun or a noun with a genitive case clitic (e.g. ‘s). This relation is not used for other pre-head modifiers such as noun compounds or quotative phrases.

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Marie 's book
nmod:poss(book, Marie)
case(Marie, 's)
{
    "text": "Marie 's book ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 5 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 6, 8 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 9, 13 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "nmod:poss", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

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my book
nmod:poss(book, my)
{
    "text": "my book ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 3, 7 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "nmod:poss", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T2" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T1" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

If preceded by a determiner, the determiner normally belongs within the possessive phrase:

the Chair 's office
det(Chair-2, the-1)
nmod:poss(office-4, Chair-2)
case(Chair-2, 's-3)

However, when the possessive modifier denotes kind rather than a referent, the determiner attaches outside the possessive phrase:

a children 's story
det(story, a)
nmod:poss(story, children)
case(children, 's)

The indefinite article clearly agrees in number with story and not children.

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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]

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