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nummod:gov: numeric modifier governing the case of the noun

nummod:gov differs from nummod in that the numeral requires the counted noun to be in its genitive form. The whole phrase (numeral + noun) is treated as a singular neuter noun phrase and it can fill roles where nominative, accusative or vocative noun phrases are expected. This construction occurs in many Slavic languages.

To increase parallelism across languages (and also across morphological cases within one language), the numeral is not annotated as the head of the nominal. However, the nummod:gov label is used to preserve the information about case conditions.

Czech:

Pět mužů hrálo karty . \n Five men played cards .
nummod:gov(mužů, Pět)
nsubj(hrálo, mužů)
obj(hrálo, karty)
punct(hrálo, .-5)
nummod:gov(men, Five)
nsubj(played, men)
obj(played, cards)
punct(played, .-11)

See also det:numgov and det:nummod.


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