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nmod: nominal modifier

The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers of nouns or clausal predicates. nmod is typically a noun functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct, and often marked by a preposition using case.

Examples

Tá sé ráite ag tráchtairí áirithe ‘It is said by some commentators

Tá an Roinn ag obair le réimse tionscadal ‘The Department is working with a range of projects’

It is also used for attaching noun phrases, such as headings, to clauses:

TOGRA IONAID - Eolas a chur ar fáil ar fholúntais fostaíochta le FÁS ‘CENTRE PROJECT - To provide information on employment opportunities with FÁS.’

It is also used to label the attachment of augment pronouns to their nominal head:

Comharsain aoibhne ab ea iad ‘They were lovely neighbours’

Verbal nouns which act adjectivally and appear in the genitive are usually labelled as nmod.

Caladh mór tráchtála atá ann chomh maith. ‘It’s also a large wave of traffic.’

Two nouns coming together also come under this dependency label:

Quantifying Nouns

Mise agus mo chuid clabaireachta. ‘Me and my babbling

Nouns Modifying Nouns

Ba i dtaobh poist a bhí mé ag caint leis siúd. ‘I was talking to him about a job

Reflexive Pronoun: féin

Similar to the emphatic pronoun self in English, e.g. himself, themselves.

Ownership:

It can also translate as ownership, yet the possessive pronoun will also be present in those constructions using féin:

Months:

In Irish, the word for month is (lit. ‘the month of’). We often use the word when referring to a paricular month. For example mí Iúil means ‘the month of July’. The name of the month follows ‘mí’ in the genitive case. We label the name of the month as nmod. Months that are composed of more than two nouns are treated as flat.

NOTE: We also treat days of the week as flat

A simple, non specific date string should also be treated as nmod per the UD guidelines.

sa bhliain 1975 `in the year 1975

However, a more specific date string, referring to a specific month, should be labelled as flat

Numbers

We treat itemisation numbers as nmod: chapter 1, article (a)

For example:

(a) Ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (1) (b) agus (2)(a) The sub-articles (1) (b) and (2) will have no purpose’

NOTE: We treat ordinal numbers as amod and cardinal numbers as nummod


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