vocative
: vocative
We use the vocative
relation when the speaker of the sentence calls the addressee by their name or appellation, which depends on the head of the main clause.
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1 爺爺 _ NOUN _ _ 3 vocative _ grandpa
2 , _ PUNCT _ _ 1 punct _ _
3 過嚟 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ come-over
4 吖 _ PART _ _ 3 discourse:sp _ SP
1 "Grandpa, _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 come _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 over _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 here!" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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1 你 _ PRON _ _ 2 nsubj _ 2SG
2 放心 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ rest-assured
3 啦 _ PART _ _ 2 discourse:sp _ SP
4 , _ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ _
5 校長 _ NOUN _ _ 2 vocative _ principal
1 "Rest _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 assured, _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 Principal." _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
vocative in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gsw] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [uk] [urj] [xcl] [yue] [zh]