From 9afb6746be5cab15ca7e079e9d70094565e03c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Schneider <nathan.schneider@georgetown.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:55:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] en/nmod-npmod.md: still had examples that were moved to
 obl:npmod (#931); add more examples; mark as deprected (#1028)

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 _en/dep/nmod-npmod.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_en/dep/nmod-npmod.md b/_en/dep/nmod-npmod.md
index d2f5ecd5ab..bdde2ccf98 100644
--- a/_en/dep/nmod-npmod.md
+++ b/_en/dep/nmod-npmod.md
@@ -5,49 +5,48 @@ shortdef : 'noun phrase as adverbial modifier'
 udver: '2'
 ---
 
-This relation is a subtype of the [nmod]() relation, which captures
-the following cases where something syntactically a noun phrase is
-used as an adverbial modifier in a sentence:
+**DEPRECATED: English corpora are transitioning to using the
+new [nmod:unmarked]() relation instead.**
 
+This relation is a subtype of the [nmod]() relation, used when
+a prepositionless, non-possessive nominal serves as a modifier
+within a larger nominal. For example:
 
-(i) a measure phrase, which is the relation between the head of an adjectival/adverbial or prepositional phrase and the head of a measure phrase modifying it:
+(i) rate expressions with meaning equivalent to "per"
 
 ~~~ sdparse
-The director is 65 years old
-nmod:npmod(old, years)
+IBM earned $ 5 a share
+nmod:npmod($, share)
 ~~~
 
+(ii) elementary properties
+
 ~~~ sdparse
-6 feet long
-nmod:npmod(long, feet)
+I want that color kitten
+nmod:npmod(kitten, color)
 ~~~
 
-
-(ii) noun phrases giving an extent to a verb, which are not objects:
-
 ~~~ sdparse
-Shares eased a fraction
-nmod:npmod(eased, fraction)
+a pizza the size of the sun
+nmod:npmod(pizza, size)
 ~~~
 
-
-(iii) financial constructions involving an adverbial, notably the following construction *$5 a share*, where the second nominal means "per share":
+(iii) emphatic reflexive pronouns
 
 ~~~ sdparse
-IBM earned $ 5 a share
-nmod:npmod($, share)
+Einstein himself was in attendance.
+nmod:npmod(Einstein, himself)
 ~~~
 
-
-(iv) floating reflexives
+(iv) "a couple" as pre-head quantifier
 
 ~~~ sdparse
-The silence is itself significant
-nmod:npmod(significant, itself)
+You can have a couple/NOUN cookies.
+det(couple, a)
+nmod:npmod(cookies, couple)
 ~~~
 
-and (v) certain other absolutive nominal constructions.
-
 A temporal modifier [nmod:tmod]() is a subclass of npmod which is
 distinguished as a separate relation.
+
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