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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 fhéinHe 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</b< 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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