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nsubj:ifoc: nominal subject of an instrumental-focused verb

In an analogy to nsubj:pass, nsubj:ifoc signals that the mapping between syntactic functions and semantic roles is non-standard. Specifically, the verb is in the instrumental-focused Voice, hence the subject specifies an instrument rather than the agent.

“John wrote Mary a letter on the typewriter.”


nsubj:ifoc in other languages: [tl]
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