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nsubj:caus: causative nominal subject

nsubj:caus relation links the causative verb to the syntactical subject of the sentence (i.e. the causer) in a causative construction. The infinitive verb governs the causative auxiliary with an aux:caus relation. The true agent of the action described by the sentence is annotated with an iobj:agent.

Աղջիկս ինձ տիկնիկ գնել տվեց ։ \n My-dautghter made me buy a-doll .
aux:caus(գնել, տվեց)
aux:caus(buy, made)
nsubj:caus(գնել, Աղջիկս)
nsubj:caus(buy, My-dautghter)
iobj:agent(գնել, ինձ)
iobj:agent(buy, me)
obj(գնել, տիկնիկ)
obj(buy, a-doll)

For more details see specific-syntax.


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