nominative

Who acts: one, I, He, cat, we, Latin nouns · What happens: use, do, form, be, not be, sit · To what, where: pronoun, action, noun, nominative, English, nominative form · Speech: someone speaks here

«nominative» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: nominative in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

The form of a noun or pronoun used for the subject of a sentence, the one doing the action. In English, "I, he, she, we, they" are nominative; "me, him, her, us, them" are not.

Sentence 1: The form of a noun or pronoun used for the subject of a sentence, the one doing the action.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 noun	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 noun	det
5	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pronoun	cc
7	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 noun	conj
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pronoun	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 subject	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 subject	det
11	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 sentence	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sentence	det
14	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 subject	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 one	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 noun	appos
18	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 one	acl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 action	det
20	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 doing	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle		pronoun not said here	for the subject of a sentence	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	gerund	the one not said here	the action		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality
3	form			a noun or pronoun		nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: In English, "I, he, she, we, they" are nominative; "me, him, her, us, them" are not.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 English	case
2	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 nominative	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 English	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 I	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 nominative	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 he	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 I	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 she	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 nominative	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 we	punct
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 she	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 they	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 nominative	nsubj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 they	punct
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 nominative	cop
16	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 me	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 me	punct
19	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 nominative	appos
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 him	punct
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 me	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 her	punct
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 me	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 us	punct
25	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 her	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 them	punct
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 me	conj
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 me	punct
29	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 nominative	conj
30	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 are	advmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 nominative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	I	nominative		English			tree rules
2	not be	present	I not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

"He" is the nominative form; "him" is not.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 He	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 form	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 He	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 form	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 form	det
6	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	compound
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 him	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 him	punct
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 form	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 him	punct
12	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 form	parataxis
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 is	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the nominative form					tree rules
2	not be	present							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

In "The cat sat", "the cat" is in the nominative case.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	5 sat	mark
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct
3	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 case	advcl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 cat	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 case	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 cat	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 case	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 case	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 case	det
15	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 case	compound
16	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 case	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit in a quote	past	the cat						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the cat			the nominative case			tree rules

Example 3

In German we learned the nominative and accusative cases.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 German	case
2	German	German	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obl
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 learned	nsubj
4	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nominative	det
6	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learned	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cases	cc
8	accusative	accusative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cases	compound
9	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nominative	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	we	the nominative and accusative cases		German			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nominative=Topic

Example 4

Latin nouns change their endings: "puella" is nominative.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nouns	amod
2	nouns	noun	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 change	nsubj
3	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 endings	nmod:poss
5	endings	ending	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 change	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 nominative	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 puella	punct
8	puella	puella	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nominative	compound
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 puella	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 nominative	cop
11	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	present	Latin nouns	nouns's endings	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient
2	is a	present		puella nominative	tree rules
3	end		nouns = noun		nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Use the nominative "I" when you are the subject: "Tom and I won".

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nominative	det
3	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 I	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 nominative	conj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 I	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 subject	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 subject	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 subject	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 subject	det
11	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 won	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 won	punct
14	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 won	nsubj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 I	cc
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 Tom	conj
17	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	parataxis
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 won	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the nominative	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent nominative=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	is a	present	you	the subject	tree rules
3	win in a quote	past	Tom		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Ukrainian has seven cases, starting with the nominative.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 cases	nummod
4	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 starting	punct
6	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 has	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 nominative	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nominative	det
9	nominative	nominative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starting	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Ukrainian	seven cases					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient
2	start	gerund	Ukrainian not said here					with the nominative	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with nominative=Subeventuality

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