case: case marking
case marks mostly prepositions in prepositional phrases. Prepositions are considered dependents of the noun whose case value they govern. The case relation aims at providing a uniform analysis of prepositions and case in morphologically rich languages.
Sie stehen an der Straße . \n They stand on the street .
case(Straße, an)
Sie warten auf den Bus . \n They wait for the bus .
case(Bus, auf)
case is also used to mark the comparative marker in comparative constructions that involve noun phrases, prepositional phrases, or adjectives.
Der Bus ist schneller als die Straßenbahn . \n The bus is faster than the tram .
case(Straßenbahn, als)
Das sieht alles andere als einfach aus . \n This looks anything but simple .
case(einfach, als)
Treebank Statistics (UD_German)
This relation is universal.
30172 nodes (11%) are attached to their parents as case.
29697 instances of case (98%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent).
Average distance between parent and child is 1.96324406734721.
The following 31 pairs of parts of speech are connected with case: de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/ADP (19603; 65% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/ADP (6824; 23% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/ADP (1229; 4% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/ADP (955; 3% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PROPN (733; 2% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/ADP (301; 1% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/ADP (180; 1% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/ADP (163; 1% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/CCONJ (51; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PUNCT (20; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/ADP (17; 0% instances), de-pos/ADP-de-pos/ADP (15; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/CCONJ (15; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/X (12; 0% instances), de-pos/PRON-de-pos/CCONJ (10; 0% instances), de-pos/ADJ-de-pos/CCONJ (7; 0% instances), de-pos/AUX-de-pos/ADP (6; 0% instances), de-pos/CCONJ-de-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), de-pos/DET-de-pos/ADP (4; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/NOUN (4; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/CCONJ (3; 0% instances), de-pos/PART-de-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), de-pos/PROPN-de-pos/PART (3; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), de-pos/VERB-de-pos/CCONJ (2; 0% instances), de-pos/ADV-de-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PART (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NOUN-de-pos/X (1; 0% instances), de-pos/NUM-de-pos/CCONJ (1; 0% instances), de-pos/X-de-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).
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1 Es es PRON PPER Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _
2 war sein VERB VAFIN Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _
3 für für ADP APPR _ 4 case _ _
4 mich ich PRON PPER Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _
5 Ausgangspunkt Ausgangspunkt NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
6 zu zu ADP APPR _ 8 case _ _
7 einer ein DET ART Case=Dat|Definite=Ind|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art 8 det _ _
8 Parfümkreation Parfümkreation NOUN NN Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 . . PUNCT $. _ 5 punct _ _
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1 Für für ADP APPR _ 2 case _ _
2 mich ich PRON PPER Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _
3 die der DET ART Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _
4 Anwaltskanzlei Anwaltskanzlei NOUN NN _ 6 cop _ _
5 Nummer Nummer NOUN NN _ 6 compound _ _
6 EINS EINS NOUN VVFIN _ 0 root _ _
7 in in ADP APPR _ 8 case _ _
8 Dresden Dresden PROPN NE _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
9 . . PUNCT $. _ 6 punct _ _
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1 Seit seit ADP APPR _ 2 case _ _
2 1964 1964 NUM CARD NumType=Card 11 nmod _ _
3 ist sein VERB VAFIN Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _
4 mein mein PRON PPOSAT Case=Nom|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing|Number[psor]=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 det:poss _ _
5 Mann Mann NOUN NN Case=Nom|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _
6 rund rund ADV ADV _ 7 advmod _ _
7 1 1 NUM CARD NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _
8 mal mal ADV ADV _ 11 advmod _ _
9 pro pro ADP APPR _ 10 case _ _
10 Jahr Jahr NOUN NN _ 8 nmod _ _
11 Gast Gast NOUN NN _ 0 root _ _
12 in in ADP APPR _ 14 case _ _
13 diesem dies PRON PDAT Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _
14 Hotel Hotel NOUN NN Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No
15 . . PUNCT $. _ 11 punct _ _
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