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nsubj:caus: causative nominal subject

The nsubj:caus relation links the infinitive verb (i.e. the head of the sentence) to the syntactical subject of the sentence (i.e. the causer) in a causative construction. The infinitive verb governs the causative verb with an aux:caus relation. The true agent of the action described by the sentence is annotated with an iobj:agent, an obj:agent or an obl:agent relation.

Ses filles lui ont fait acheter un chiot. \n His girls made him buy a puppy.
aux:caus(acheter,fait)
nsubj:caus(acheter,filles)
iobj:agent(acheter,lui)

N.B.: For more details about the analysis of causatives see this page.


nsubj:caus in other languages: [fr] [hy] [hyw] [xcl]