Syntactic function vadN
deverbal adjective, verb which precedes and modifies a head noun, traditionally: a deverbal adjective
vadN and nadN are notoriously hard to distinguish in certain coherent sets of cases where derivation from verbal and nominal uses is equally plausible. One might come to designate these cases as v/n.adN, just as one may want to settle for a category v/n.adV for corresponding adverbials. This has not so far been implemented. The standard criteria we may have for the application of syntactic categories are often only marginally applicable when these syntactic categories are embedded into larger structures. Thus even in the case of 聖人 it is not at all evident whether 聖 should be labeled "v" or "n", i.e. whether the construction type is "vadN" or "nadN", or indeed "n/vadN", or "n/vadN". There are cases, like that of 霸 , where a given word invites both the categories vadN "leading as in 霸王 " and nadN "characteristic of a hegemon as in 霸道 ".
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