compound:nn: noun compound modifier
The dependency type compound:nn, which stands for noun compound
modifier has two basic uses in the Finnish UD scheme.
First, In Finnish, compounds are generally written as a single word,
but for instance some compounds involving foreign words or proper
names are written separately using a dash. These are annotated using
compound:nn.
The second use of the type compound:nn is to mark appellation
modifiers, which are modifying, non-inflecting noun phrases that
generally express profession, rank, position, assignment or other such
classifiable property (see ISK
§1062). The
phenomenon is closely related to that of apposition, and the
distinction between the two is described in
Appositions and appellation modifiers.
In written Finnish, erroneously writing compounds as two words is a
common mistake (e.g. ruoka pöytä). While these cases were annotated
as nn in the TDT corpus, in
UD Finnish goeswith is used instead.
compound:nn in other languages: [fi] [kpv] [mdf] [myv] [olo] [sme]