nsubj: nominal subject
A nominal subject (nsubj) is a nominal phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause. (See csubj for when the subject is clausal.)
When there is an empty argument in a grammatical subject position (expletive), it is labeled as expl.
# visual-style 7 6 nsubj color:blue
# visual-style 6 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6 fgColor:white
# visual-style 7 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7 fgColor:white
1 Messe _ NOUN NOMcom _ 7 obj _ _
2 e _ CCONJ CONcoo _ 3 cc _ _
3 matines _ NOUN NOMcom _ 1 conj _ _
4 ad _ VERB VERcjg _ 7 aux _ _
5 li _ DET DETdef _ 6 det _ _
6 reis _ NOUN NOMcom _ 7 nsubj _ _
7 escultet _ VERB VERppe _ 0 root _ _
The governor of the nsubj relation might not always be a verb: when the verb is a copular verb, the root of the clause is the complement of the copular verb, which can be an adjective or noun, including a noun marked by a preposition, as in the examples below.
# visual-style 3 1 nsubj color:blue
# visual-style 1 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 1 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
1 Nicolete _ PROPN NOMpro _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 est _ VERB VERcjg _ 3 cop _ _
3 cointe _ ADJ ADJqua _ 0 root _ _
4 et _ CCONJ CONcoo _ 5 cc _ _
5 gaie _ ADJ ADJqua _ 3 conj _ _
Note that in Old French, nsubj is not always expressed.
1 Mais _ CCONJ CONcoo _ 2 cc:nc _ _
2 prendés _ VERB VERcjg _ 0 root _ _
3 le _ DET DETdef _ 4 det _ _
4 fille _ NOUN NOMcom _ 2 obj _ _
5 a _ ADP PRE _ 7 case _ _
6 un _ DET DETndf _ 7 det _ _
7 roi _ NOUN NOMcom _ 4 nmod _ _
8 u _ CCONJ CONcoo _ 11 cc _ _
9 a _ ADP PRE _ 11 case _ _
10 un _ DET DETndf _ 11 det _ _
11 conte _ NOUN NOMcom _ 7 conj _ _
nsubj in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kmr] [ky] [mr] [myv] [no] [pa] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [uz] [vi] [yue] [zh]