clf:det: classifier used as determiner
Normally, classifiers accompany numerals or determiners and are attached to them via the clf relation.
However, in Cantonese a classifier may also be considered to function as a determiner when a noun phrase starts with a bare classifier, as in the following examples.
As classifiers are tagged NOUN (accompanied with the feature NounType=Clf), they cannot be attached via a det relation. They are attached as clf:det instead.
1 切 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ cut
2 個 _ NOUN _ _ 3 clf:det _ CL:generic
3 梨 _ NOUN _ _ 1 obj _ pear
1 "cut _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 a _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 pear" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
1 隻 _ NOUN _ _ 2 clf:det _ CL
2 貓 _ NOUN _ _ 3 nsubj _ cat
3 跌 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ fall
4 低 _ VERB _ _ 3 compound:dir _ lower
5 咗 _ AUX _ _ 3 aux _ PERF
1 "the _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 cat _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 fell _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 down" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
clf:det in other languages: [vi] [yue]