nmod: nominal modifier
The nmod relation is used for nominal modifiers of nouns.
nmod is typically a noun functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct, and marked by either a preposition using case or has Case=Gen in the FEATS column.
From 2.16 onwards we use nmod:unmarked where there is no preposition and Case=Nom.
Note that nominal modifiers of verbal nouns use obl or obl:unmarked instead.
Examples
Using the genitive
- eachdraidh na Frainge ‘the history of France’ where na Frainge is the genitive form of an Fhraing. (fp09_029)
eachdraidh na Frainge \n history of_the France
det(na, Frainge)
nmod(Frainge, eachdraidh)
- a Rìgh Èireann ‘o King of Ireland’ (n02_006)
a Rìgh Èireann \n o King of_Ireland
case:voc(a, Rìgh)
nmod(Èireann, Rìgh)
Using prepositions
caomh, chòir, fheudar, toil
b’ fheudar dhuinn am fàgail ‘we would have to leave them’ (c02_001a)
b' fheudar dhuinn am fàgail
nmod(fheudar, dhuinn)
cop(b', fheudar)
csubj:cop(fàgail, fheudar)
- b’ fheudar do Shir Iain tilleadh a Mhuile ‘Sir Iain had to return to Mull’ (fp03_022, test)
b' fheudar do Shir Iain tilleadh a Mhuile \n COP must to Sir Iain return to Mull
cop(b', fheudar)
obl(Shir, fheudar)
flat:name(Iain, Shir)
csubj:cop(tilleadh, fheudar)
case(a, Mhuile)
obl(Mhuile, tilleadh)
In general
- tuathanas beag aige ‘his small farm’ where aige is a multiword token that breaks up into the preposition aig and the pronoun e
tuathanas beag aige \n farm small at_him
amod(beag, tuathanas)
case(aig, e)
nmod(e, tuathanas)
nmod in other languages: [bej] [bg] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [et] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [ky] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [xcl] [yue] [zh]