Gender[psor]: possessor’s gender
| Values: | Fem | Masc | Neut |
Possessive
adjectives and pronouns may have two different genders: that of the
possessed object (gender agreement with modified noun) and that of
the possessor (lexical feature, inherent gender). The Gender[psor]
feature captures the possessor’s gender.
In
the Czech examples below, the masculine Gender[psor] implies using one
of the suffixes -ův, -ova, -ovo,
and the feminine Gender[psor] implies using one of -in,
-ina, -ino.
Masc: masculine possessor
Examples
- [cs] otcův syn (father’s son; PossGender=Masc|Gender=Masc); otcova dcera (father’s daughter; PossGender=Masc|Gender=Fem); otcovo dítě (father’s child; PossGender=Masc|Gender=Neut).
Fem: feminine possessor
Examples
- [cs] matčin syn (mother’s son; PossGender=Fem|Gender=Masc); matčina dcera (mother’s daughter; PossGender=Fem|Gender=Fem); matčino dítě (mother’s child; PossGender=Fem|Gender=Neut).
Neut: neuter possessor
Examples
- [cs] Dítě plakalo, protože někdo odnesl jeho hračku. “The child wept because somebody took away its (=the child’s) toy.”