cop: copula
A cop (copula) is the relation between the nominal predicate and the copular verb būti “to be”. We normally take a copula as a dependent of its complement (the nominal predicate).
Jis yra mandagus . \n He is polite .
cop(mandagus, yra)
cop(polite, is)
Jis yra mandagus vaikas . \n He is a-polite child .
cop(vaikas, yra)
cop(child, is)
The nominal predicate is usually a noun, an adjective (or an adjectival participle), more rarely – adverb, pronoun or numeral.
Būti (‘to-be’) + noun:
Ji yra mama . \n She is a-mother .
cop(mama, yra)
cop(a-mother, is)
Ji yra namuose . \n She is at-home .
cop(namuose, yra)
cop(at-home, is)
Būti (‘to-be’) + adjective:
Ji yra graži . \n She is beautiful .
cop(graži, yra)
cop(beautiful, is)
Būti (‘to-be’) + participle:
Šis variantas yra galimas . \n This variant is possible .
cop(galimas, yra)
cop(possible, is)
Būti (‘to-be’) + adverb:
Jai yra gerai . \n She is well .
cop(gerai, yra)
cop(well, is)
Būti (‘to-be’) + pronoun:
Ji buvo kitokia . \n She was different .
cop(kitokia, buvo)
cop(different, was)
Būti (‘to-be’) + skaitvardis:
Jos yra dviese . \n They are two .
cop(dviese, yra)
Cop(two, are)
cop in other languages: [bej] [bg] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fi] [fo] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gsw] [hy] [id] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [lt] [myv] [naq] [no] [pcm] [pt] [ro] [ru] [sl] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [urj] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]