Case
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**locative (LOC): location at | **locative (LOC): location at | ||
**nominative (NOM): subject of a finite verb | **nominative (NOM): subject of a finite verb | ||
| + | **oblique (OBL): object of a verb or of a preposition | ||
**prolative (PLT): motion along or by | **prolative (PLT): motion along or by | ||
**prepositional (PPL): object of a preposition | **prepositional (PPL): object of a preposition | ||
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*English | *English | ||
**nominative (NOM): I ("I saw him") | **nominative (NOM): I ("I saw him") | ||
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**genitive (GNT): my ("my house") | **genitive (GNT): my ("my house") | ||
| − | ** | + | **oblique (OBL): me ("He saw me") |
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*Latin | *Latin | ||
**nominative (NOM): nauta ("nauta ibi stat" = the sailor is standing here) | **nominative (NOM): nauta ("nauta ibi stat" = the sailor is standing here) | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 14 January 2010
Case is a grammatical category that indicates the grammatical function of a word (such as the role of subject, of direct object, or of possessor) in a phrase or clause. As a syntactic rather than semantic notion, case marking is not directly represented in UNL, but only in the UNL-NL grammars.
Natural language
In the UNLarium, case should be informed only to the forms (such as English personal pronouns) still holding an inflectional case system.
The values for the case attribute are the following:
Examples
- English
- nominative (NOM): I ("I saw him")
- genitive (GNT): my ("my house")
- oblique (OBL): me ("He saw me")
- Latin
- nominative (NOM): nauta ("nauta ibi stat" = the sailor is standing here)
- genitive (GNT): nautae ("nomen nautae est Claudius" = the sailor's name is Claudius)
- dative (DAT): nautae ("nautae donum dedi" = I gave a present to the sailor)
- accusative (ACC): nautam ("nautam vidi" = I saw the sailor)
- ablative (ABL): nautā ("sum altior nautā" = I am taller than the sailor)
