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Delimitation: nom vs. acc

As many surface forms of nominative and accussative are ambiguous in German, in some constructions it is not quite clear which case applies.

case=nom case=acc
D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e
Both predicate and subject in compula constructions.Er/nom   ist Lehrer. Hans ist das/nom   auch.Direct object of sich nennenEr nennt sich Lehrer/acc  
Subject of subordinate clause in control constructionser will, da"s er/nom   den Zug nimmtnormal transitive constructionser "uberredet ihn/acc  , den Zug zu nehmen.
Relative clause: function in subord clause nominative, but accusative in matrix clauseer sieht den Baum, der/nom   "uberleben wirdRelative clause: function in matrix clause nominative, but accusative in subord clauseder Baum, den/acc   er sieht, wird "uberleben