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Dependencies

Note: nmod, neg, and punct appear in two places.

Core dependents of clausal predicates
Nominal dep Predicate dep
nsubj csubj
nsubjpass csubjpass
dobj ccomp xcomp
iobj
Non-core dependents of clausal predicates
Nominal dep Predicate dep Modifier word
nmod advcl advmod
    neg
Special clausal dependents
Nominal dep Auxiliary Other
vocative aux mark
discourse auxpass punct
expl cop
Noun dependents
Nominal dep Predicate dep Modifier word
nummod acl amod
appos   det
nmod   neg
Compounding and unanalyzed
compound mwe goeswith
name foreign
Coordination
conj cc punct
Case-marking, prepositions, possessive
case
Loose joining relations
list parataxis remnant
dislocated reparandum
Other
Sentence head Unspecified dependency
root dep

Dependencies it


acl:
clausal modifier of noun

acl is used for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a nominal (either a noun or a pronoun). The head of the acl relation is the noun/pronoun that is modified, and the dependent is the head of the clause that modifies the noun/pronoun.

acl is used in the following cases:

  • participial modifiers of nouns
Commossa , Fiona May ha parlato
acl(Fiona, Commossa)
nsubj(parlato, Fiona)
name(Fiona, May)
aux(parlato, ha)
Due persone armate di pistola
acl(persone, armate)
  • relative clauses, also including free relatives. Note that in Italian relative clauses are assigned a specific relation acl:relcl, which is a subtype of acl
L' inchiesta che coinvolge Bernard Tapie
acl:relcl(inchiesta, coinvolge)
La vita , in cui il mutamento avviene
acl:relcl(vita, avviene)
  • finite clausal complements of nouns like fatto fact, considerazione consideration, bisogno need
il fatto che Gianni faccia l' attore
acl(fatto, faccia)
  • infinitival modifiers of nouns
non è il caso di pensare
acl(caso, pensare)
quello di agevolare l' accesso
acl(quello, agevolare)
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advcl:
adverbial clause modifier

An adverbial clause modifier is a clause which modifies a verb or other predicate (adjective, etc.), as a modifier not as a core complement. This includes things such as a temporal clause, consequence, conditional clause, purpose clause, etc. The dependent must be clausal (or else it is an advmod) and the dependent is the main predicate of the clause.

advcl cover the following typology of cases:

  • participial modifiers
Muore folgorata sotto la doccia
advcl(Muore, folgorata)
  • finite clausal modifiers
Quando lui muore l' azienda sbanda paurosamente
advcl(muore, sbanda)
  • infinitival modifiers
Mi fecero pagare gli hezbollah per liberare due ostaggi
advcl(pagare, liberare)
  • gerundival modifiers
risolvere i problemi di approvvigionamento alimentare acquistando una fazenda
advcl(risolvere, acquistando)
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ccomp:
clausal complement

A clausal complement (ccomp) of a verb or adjective is a dependent clause which is a core argument. Such clausal complements may be finite or nonfinite. If the subject of the clausal complement is controlled (that is, must be the same as the higher subject, object or indirect object, with no other possible interpretation) the appropriate relation is xcomp.

  • finite clausal complement of verbal head
Le ha detto che il rapimento era avvenuto a scopo di furto
ccomp(detto, avvenuto)
nsubj(avvenuto, rapimento)
mark(avvenuto, che)
Non so se qualche agenzia organizza viaggi
ccomp(so, organizza)
nsubj(organizza, agenzia)
mark(organizza, se)
zio Adelio avrebbe preferito studiassero in Italia
ccomp(preferito, studiassero)
aux(preferito, avrebbe)
nsubj(preferito, zio)
  • finite clausal complement of adjectival head
era sicuro che non ci fossero pericoli
ccomp(sicuro, fossero)
mark(fossero, che)
nsubj(fossero, pericoli)
  • infinite clausal complement of verbal head
bisogna avviare un dialogo
ccomp(bisogna, avviare)
dobj(avviare, dialogo)
si fa per dire
ccomp(fa, dire)
mark(dire, per)
  • infinite clausal complement of essere. In this case, the copula is treated as a head
il problema allora non è domandar si
ccomp(è, domandar)
expl(domandar, si)
neg(è, non)
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conj:
conjunct

A conjunct is the relation between two elements connected by a coordinating conjunction, such as and, or, etc. The head of the relation is the first conjunct and all the other conjuncts depend on it via the conj relation.

  • coordination with conjunctions
Siamo andati alla stazione Termini e lo abbiamo chiesto
con(andati, e)
conj(andati, chiesto)
sparatorie e rapine
con(sparatorie, e)
conj(sparatorie, rapine)
qua e là
con(qua, e)
conj(qua, là)
  • Asyndetic coordination with omitted conjunction. Commas or other punctuation symbols delimit the conjuncts.
Per il fratello di Luigi , la cognata , i nipoti
conj(fratello, cognata)
conj(fratello, nipoti)
quanto gli piaceva , quanto ne era innamorato
conj(piaceva, innamorato)
aux(innamorato, era)
  • mixed coordination
l' ho vista brutta , ma poi si è ripreso
conj(vista, ripreso)
punct(vista, , )
con(vista, ma)
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cop:
copula

A copula is the relation between the complement of a copular verb and the copular verb essere (only). The copula be is not treated as the head of a clause, but rather as the dependent of a lexical predicate, as exemplified below.

I cinque sarebbero tutti immigrati clandestini
nsubj(immigrati, cinque)
cop(immigrati, sarebbero)
Per questo sono ambiziosi
cop(ambiziosi, sono)
Secondo l' Onu sono 200 mila le persone
nsubj(persone, mila)
compound(mila, 200)
cop(mila, sono)

This analysis is generally not adopted when the predicate is a prepositional phrase, in which case the nominal part of the prepositional phrase is the head of the clause, with a few exception in case of idiomatic forms, such as in forma in shape, expressing a property.

La scultura è di il pachistano Hamad Butt
nsubj(è, scultura)
case(Hamad, di)
det(Hamad, il)
nmod(è, Hamad)
amod(Hamad, pachistano)
name(Hamad, Butt)

If the copula is accompanied by other verbal auxiliaries (e.g. for tense), they are taken as dependents of the lexical predicate:

Non venne mai chiarito quale formazione era stata responsabile
det(formazione, quale)
nsubj(responsabile, formazione)
aux(responsabile, era)
cop(responsabile, stata)
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