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: a noun modifier that functionally corresponds to an attribute,- nmod:poss: a noun modifier that functionally corresponds to a possessive complement,
- nmod:npmod: a noun phrase functioning as a nominal modifier.
In Armenian nmod is used:
- for noun-noun modification involving an attributive or associative relation between the nouns: nominal dependents attached with
nmodare usually in the nominative Case and precede the modified noun. Alternations in the ablative or instrumental case also occur.
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)
The 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)
An nmod dependent may itself be modified by a case-marking element attached with the case relation (associative modification).
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”) are marked using the compound relation.
- for an explicative attribute of a noun or for a noun modifier specifying a whole-part relation. A typical example is a title or profession attached to the name of a person. This contrasts with titles, honorifics, regnal numbers, and epithets that follow the personal name and are treated as part of it. These are attached with flat:name.
առաջին նախագահ/NOUN[Case=Nom] Լևոն Տեր - Պետրոսյանը \n the-first president Levon Ter - Petrosyan
amod(նախագահ, առաջին)
nmod(Լևոն, նախագահ)
flat:name(Լևոն, Պետրոսյանը)
flat:name(Լևոն, Տեր)
amod(president, the-first)
nmod(Levon, president)
flat:name(Levon, Petrosyan)
flat:name(Levon, Ter)
A nominal expression identifying or further specifying another nominal may instead be attached using the appos relation, particularly when it follows the modified nominal and is set off by punctuation.
Լևոն Տեր - Պետրոսյանը ՝ առաջին նախագահը \n Levon Ter - Petrosyan , the-first president
flat:name(Լևոն, Պետրոսյանը)
flat:name(Լևոն, Տեր)
punct(նախագահը, ՝)
amod(նախագահը, առաջին)
appos(Լևոն, նախագահը)
flat:name(Levon, Petrosyan)
flat:name(Levon, Ter)
punct(president, ,)
amod(president, the-first)
appos(Levon, president)
nmod in other languages: [axm] [bej] [bg] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [et] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [ky] [lt] [naq] [no] [oge] [pal] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [xcl] [yue] [zh]