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 |