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nmod:appos: nominal modifier apposition

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The nmod:appos relation is used only in UD_French-Spoken for appositions which modify nominal elements. The nominal modifier is not introduced by a preposition (else we use the nmod relation). Contrary to the appos relation, the nmod:appos relation doesn’t respect the prosody of lists.

Here are a few examples:

N.B.: for phrases like “la ville de Paris” the nmod relation seems more appropriate because of the preposition (which cannot be removed *la ville Paris)

The nmod:appos relation is used instead of flat, for “le président Macron”, which follows in French the same pattern as other nmod:appos. The relation is also used between first and second name:


nmod:appos in other languages: [fr] [sa]
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