nmod: nominal modifier
The nmod relation is used for nominal dependents of another noun or noun phrase. We use the following language-specific subtypes:
nmod: noun modifier functionally corresponds to an attribute,- nmod:poss: noun modifier functionally corresponds to possessive complement,
- nmod:npmod: noun phrase as nominal modifier.
In Armenian nmod is used:
- for noun-noun modification with an attributive or associative relations between them:
nmodnouns attached to nouns are usually in the nominative Case and precede the modified noun. There are alternations in ablative or instrumental cases.
քամի/NOUN[Case=Nom] եղանակ \n wind weather
nmod(եղանակ, քամի)
nmod(weather, wind)
ռետինից/NOUN[Case=Abl] գնդակ \n rubber ball
nmod(գնդակ, ռետինից)
nmod(ball, rubber)
տարիքով/NOUN[Case=Ins] մարդ \n age man
nmod(մարդ, տարիքով)
nmod(age, man)
Standard nmod relation is used even when things are being counted in groups (with “massifiers”):
երկու բաժակ/NOUN[Case=Nom] ջուր ուզեց \n two cup water
nmod(ջուր, բաժակ)
nummod(բաժակ, երկու)
nmod(water, cup)
nummod(cup, two)
The nmod relation is further specified by the case relation (associative modfication).
մի փղի չափ կենդանի \n an elephant size animal
nmod(կենդանի, փղի)
case(փղի, չափ)
det(կենդանի, մի)
nmod(animal, elephant)
case(elephant, size)
det(animal, an)
ոսկու պես աղջիկ \n gold like girl
nmod(աղջիկ, ոսկու)
case(ոսկու, պես)
nmod(girl, gold)
case(gold, like)
Note, that so-called “bare noun compounds” (e.g. թղթակից անդամ “corresponding member”) marked using the compound relation.
- for an explicative attribute of a noun or for noun modifier specifying the whole-part relation: a typical example is a title/profession attached to a name of a person. The relation is similar to the flat relation that links the first and the last name, but it is not labeled
flatbecause the title is not part of the name:
առաջին նախագահ/NOUN[Case=Nom] Լևոն Տեր - Պետրոսյանը \n the-first president Levon Ter - Petrosyan
amod(նախագահ, առաջին)
nmod(Լևոն, նախագահ)
flat(Լևոն, Պետրոսյանը)
flat(Լևոն, Տեր)
amod(president, the-first)
nmod(Levon, president)
flat(Levon, Petrosyan)
flat(Levon, Ter)
Note that the same thing can be also expressed using an apposition. In the case of apposition, the title follows the modified name and is separated by a punctuation symbol:
Լևոն Տեր - Պետրոսյանը ՝ առաջին նախագահը \n Levon Ter - Petrosyan , the-first president
flat(Լևոն, Պետրոսյանը)
flat(Լևոն, Տեր)
punct(նախագահը, ՝)
amod(նախագահը, առաջին)
appos(Լևոն, նախագահը)
flat(Levon, Petrosyan)
flat(Levon, Ter)
punct(president, ,)
amod(president, the-first)
appos(Levon, president)
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