advmod: adverbial modifier
An adverbial modifier of a word is a (non-clausal) adverb or adverbial phrase (ADVP) that serves to modify the meaning of the word. This includes adjectives which become adverbs when the particle ‘go’ is placed in front of the adjective i.e. ‘go hiontach’.
Examples
Averbs of direction
Fuair mé fliú mór a bhí ag dul thart `I caught a bad flu that was going around’
Fuair mé fliú mór a bhí ag dul thart \n Caught I flu big [] was at going around
advmod(dul, thart)
Averbs of place
Chaithimid an oíche amuigh ar an fharraige `We spent the night out on the sea’
Chaithimid an oíche amuigh ar an fharraige \n 'Spent-we the night out on the sea'
advmod(Chaithimid, amuigh)
Adverbs of time
Níor tháinig sé go fóill `He hasn’t arrived yet’
Níor tháinig sé go fóill \n Not arrived he [] yet
advmod(tháinig, fóill)
chuala mé iad ag maíomh go minic ‘I heard them stating often’
chuala mé iad ag maíomh go minic \n heard me them at stating [] often
advmod(maíomh, minic)
NOTE: Some temporal constructions which bear this dependency relation are also treated as fixed multiword expressions, e.g.:
fad a bhí Fianna Fáil ar thaobh an fhreasúra `while Fianna Fáil were in opposition’
fad a bhí Fianna Fáil ar thaobh an fhreasúra \n while that were Fianna Fáil on the_side of_the opposition
advmod(bhí, fad)
fixed(fad, a)
Adverbs of manner
D’éirigh go hiontach leis `He did very well’
Despite having a POS tag of ADJ, when used with the particle ‘go’ an adjective takes the role of an adverb.
D'éirigh go hiontach leis. \n 'Got_on very well with_him'
advmod(D'éirigh, hiontach)
mark:prt(hiontach, go)
Interrogative adverbs
Cá raibh na mórmheáin eile go léir idir phoiblí is phríobháideach? `Where were all the other main public and private media outlets?’
Cá raibh na mórmheáin eile go léir idir phoiblí is phríobháideach? \n Where was the main-media other all-together both public and private
advmod(raibh, Cá)
Conas atá sé? `How is he?
Conas atá sé? \n How that_is he?
advmod(atá, Conas)
Ní gnó don Stát é a threorú dóibh conas ba chóir dóibh préamhú as an nua. `It’s not the responsibility of the State to guide them in how they should get re-established.
Ní gnó don Stát é a threorú dóibh conas ba chóir dóibh préamhú as an nua. \n Is_not affair for the State it to guiding to_them how [] should to_them establish from the new.
advmod(chóir, conas)
ccomp(threorú, chóir)
csubj:cop(gnó, threorú)
General adverbs
Rinne an fear comharthaí agus é ag labhairt ionas go dtuigfí a scéal. ‘The man made signals while he was speaking so that his story would be understood.’
Rinne an fear comharthaí agus é ag labhairt ionas go dtuigfí a scéal. \n Made the man signals while he at speaking so that understood his story
advmod(dtuigfí, ionas)
Rinne an fear comharthaí agus é ag labhairt ionas go dtuigfí a scéal
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