8.6.2. Post-head modifiers
Adpositional phrases (including oblique case-marked nouns, postpositional phrases, adverbs and converb) are post-head modifiers.
| a | kávé | elfogyasztás-a | jó | forrón | barna | cukor-ral | a | diófa | árnyék-á-ban | a | bőséges | reggeli | után |
| the | coffee | consumption-POSS | good | hot.ADV | brown | sugar-INS | the | walnut.tree | shadow-POSS-INE | the | substantial | breakfast | after |
’the consumption of coffee very hot with brown sugar in the shade of th ewalnut-tree after the substantial breakfast’
Source: Farkas & Alberti 2018a: 106.
Finite relative clauses are post-head modifiers.
| az | a | fia-d, | amelyik | tavaly | elvált |
| that | the | son-2SG | who | last.year | divorce.PST.3SG |
’the son of yours who got divorced last year’
Source: Farkas & Alberti 2018a: 106.
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