Gender[psor]: possessor’s gender
Possessive pronouns and determiners may have two different genders: that of the possessed object (in agreement with the modifying noun, inflectional feature) and that of the possessor (inherent, lexical feature). The Gender[psor] feature denotes the possessor’s gender.
Masc: masculine possessor
Examples
- njegova hčerka “his daughter”
Gender[psor]=Masc|Gender=Fem
Fem: feminine possessor
Examples
- njena hčerka “her daughter”
Gender[psor]=Fem|Gender=Fem
Neut: neuter possessor
As possessor can also be a neuter noun, we also distinguish the neuter possessor gender. However, its word forms are identical to that of masculine possessor gender and can only be disambiguated within context.
Examples
- Kupili smo novo letalo.
Gender=Neut. Premer njegovih kril je 7 metrov. “We bought a new airplane. Its wingspan is 7 meters.”Gender[psor]=Neut - Kupili smo nov avto.
Gender=Masc. Premer njegovih platišč je 15 col. “We bought a new care. Its wheel radius is 15 inch.
Conversion from JOS
All pronouns with feature Owner_gender=masculine are converted to Gender[psor]=Masc, all pronouns with Owner_gender=feminine are converted to Gender[psor]=Fem and all pronouns with Owner_gender=neuter are converted to Gender[psor]=Neut.
Note that JOS annotation scheme does not assign possessor’s gender to possessive adjectives. For example, the possessive adjectival word form sinova (son’s) in sinova mama “son’s mother” is currently annotated with Gender=Fem, whereas it should be annotated with Gender[psor]=Masc|Gender=Fem in the future.