Flow chart for marking case on ambiguous forms
(1) is it subject of a tensed clause?
yes --> label nominative
(2) is it only nom/acc ambiguous and a non-subject?
yes --> label accustive
(3) is it part of a constituent standing in relation to another nominal constituent?
yes --> label genitive
(4) is it the object of a preposition?
yes --> go to (5)
no --> go to (8)
(5) does the preposition only take genitive?
yes --> label genitive
(6) is it gen/dat ambiguous?
yes --> label dative
(7) is it acc/(gen)/dat ambiguous?
yes --> leave unmarked
(8) is it a left-dislocation?
yes --> go to (12)
(9) is it only gen/dat ambiguous?
yes --> go to (10)
no --> go to (11)
(10) does the verb take genitive?
yes --> label genitive
no --> label dative
(11) is it acc/dat ambiguous?
yes --> leave unmarked
(12) is the left-dislocation nom/acc ambiguous?
yes --> go to (13)
no --> go to (14)
(13) is the resumptive element nominative?
yes --> label left-dislocation nominative
no --> leave left-dislocation unmarked
(14) is the left-dislocation acc/gen/dat ambiguous?
yes --> go to (15)
(15) is the case of the resumptive unambiguous?
yes --> label left-dislocation the same
no --> leave left-dislocation unmarked