nsubj: nominal subject
A nominal subject is a noun phrase which is the syntactic subject of a clause and which controls the verb contained within the clause.
Examples
Bha Ludovic ‘na chabhaig
‘Ludovic was in a hurry’
1 Bha bi VERB V-s Tense=Past 0 root _ _
2 Ludovic Ludovic PROPN Nn-mn Case=Nom|Gender=Masc 1 nsubj _ _
3-4 'na _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3 an an ADP Sp _ 5 case _ _
4 a a PRON Dp3sm Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes 5 nmod:poss _ _
5 chabhaig cabhaig NOUN Ncsfd Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 xcomp:pred _ SpaceAfter=No
Thiormaich e e fhéin ‘He dried himself’
1 Thiormaich tiormaich VERB V-s Tense=Past 0 root _ _
2 e e PRON Pp3sm Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 nsubj _ _
3 e e PRON Pp3sm Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 obj _ _
4 fhéin féin PRON Px Reflex=Yes 3 nmod _ _
In a clefted copular construction, the relative particle takes nsubj:
Am b’ i Mairearad a rinn an dàn seo?
‘Was it Mairearad who made this song?’
1 Am am PART Qq PartType=Vb|PronType=Int 4 mark:prt _ _
2 b' is AUX Ws Tense=Past 4 cop _ _
3 i i PRON Pp3sf Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 fixed _ _
4 Mairearad Mairearad PROPN Nn-fn Case=Nom|Gender=Fem 0 root _ _
5 a a PART Q-r PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _
6 rinn dèan VERB V-s Tense=Past 4 csubj:cleft _ _
7 an an DET Tdsm Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
8 dàn dàn NOUN Ncsmn Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obj _ _
9 seo seo DET Dd _ 8 det _ SpaceAfter=No
10 ? ? PUNCT Fg _ 4 punct _ _
In zero-copula constructions (Sin e, Seo mise) the first word is the root and the second word is the nominal subject:
Sin e dìreach mar a thachair do chroitearan Bheàrnaraigh.
‘That’s it just as it happened to the crofters of Berneray.’
1 Sin sin PRON Pd _ 0 root _ _
2 e e PRON Pp3sm Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 nsubj _ _
3 dìreach dìreach ADV Rg _ 1 advmod _ _
4 mar mar SCONJ Cs _ 6 mark _ _
5 a a PART Q-r PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel 6 mark:prt _ _
6 thachair tachair VERB V-s Tense=Past 3 xcomp _ _
7 do do ADP Sp _ 8 case _ _
8 chroitearan croitear NOUN Ncpmd Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 obl _ _
9 Bheàrnaraigh Beàrnaraigh PROPN Nt _ 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT Fe _ 1 punct _ _
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