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  • Rules for Number agreement for VERB

    The Number values should match between the VERB and its governor (i.e syntactic head) when label = should-match, else any observed agreement is purely by chance (label = need-not-match)

    Agreement
    Number need not match between the VERB and its governor or head when:
    VERB is nearby= subject
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is the= modifer of relative clause
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= punctuation
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= subject
    VERB is nearby= и
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is governed by= то
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is the= modifer of relative clause
    VERB is nearby= который
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is governed by= тот
    ( Examples )
    OR

    VERB is nearby= noun
    VERB is nearby= subject
    VERB is nearby= и
    VERB is nearby= мы
    ( Examples )
    Generally Number should match between the VERB and its governor or head
    Some examples are: Examples