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compound: compound

The compound relation is presently used for three constructions.

Currently noun–noun compounds are annotated with nmod.

Examples

Reduplicated adjectives and adverbs

The motivation here is that they can appear both attributively and predicatively and the use is to intensify the meaning.

Attributive: lèabagan mòra mòra an fheadhainn ud ‘very big flounders those ones’ (c10_161)

1	lèabagan	lèabag	NOUN	Ncpfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	mòra	mòr	ADJ	Aq-pfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	1	amod	_	_
3	mòra	mòr	ADJ	Aq-pfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
4	an	an	DET	Tdsf	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	det	_	_
5	fheadhainn	feadhainn	NOUN	Ncsfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	ud	ud	DET	Dd	_	5	det	_	_

tràigh mhòr mhòr mhòr ‘a very very low tide’ (c06_082a)

1	tràigh	tràigh	NOUN	Ncsfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	mhòr	mòr	ADJ	Aq-sfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	amod	_	_
3	mhòr	mòr	ADJ	Aq-sfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
4	mhòr	mòr	ADJ	Aq-sfn	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	compound	_	__

Predicative: cha robh e ach beag beag ‘it was nothing but really small’ (c10_165)

1	cha	cha	PART	Qn	PartType=Cmpl|Polarity=Neg	2	mark:prt	_	_
2	robh	bi	VERB	V-s--d	Tense=Past	0	root	_	_
3	e	e	PRON	Pp3sm	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	nsubj	_	_
4	ach	ach	ADP	Sp	_	5	case	_	_
5	beag	beag	ADJ	Ap	_	2	xcomp:pred	_	_
6	beag	beag	ADJ	Ap	_	5	compound	_	_

If on the other hand there is a sequence of adjectives that aren’t all the same adjective then they are connected to whatever they describe separately and with their own relations:

fhìor sheann fhreumhan ‘very old roots’ (fp07_007)

28	fhìor	fìor	ADJ	Ar	_	29	amod	_	_
29	sheann	seann	ADJ	Ar	_	30	amod	_	_
30	fhreumhan	freumh	NOUN	Ncpmd	Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_

deug

an naodhamh latha deug ‘the nineteenth day’ (fp06_001)

1	an	an	DET	Tdsm	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	det	_	_
2	naodhamh	naodhamh	NUM	Mo	_	3	nummod	_	_
3	latha	latha	NOUN	Ncsmn	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	deug	deug	NUM	Mc	_	3	compound	_	_


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