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Preliminary Recommendations

Case

Attribute Value Fr. example Fr. tag
Case nominative je n
object me a
oblique moi o

For the French pronominal system, we could use the following mapping to the EAGLES system:

nominative = subject `il'
accusative = direct object `le'
dative = indirect object `lui'
oblique = other

The category `other' corresponds to the reinforcement of subject or object (``Moi, je le dis''), attribute (``C'est moi''), etc.

However, this solution splits `object' into `direct' and `indirect', and this distinction is valid only for the 3rd person pronouns in French (direct: `le', `la', `les'; indirect: `lui', `leur'). Encoding this distinction would duplicate all other forms (direct: `me', `te', etc.; indirect: `me', `te', etc.).

The following mapping applies readily to French personal pronouns:

subject je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles
object me, te, le, la, lui, se, nous, vous, les, leur, se
oblique moi, toi, lui, elle, soi, nous, vous, eux, elles, soi


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