Both deverbal and non-derived denoting products of the human intellect, results of scientific work or works of art (in a very broad sense) are called nouns denoting artefacts. For example: socha (=statue), obraz (=image), román (=novel), film (=movie), opera (=opera), balada (=ballad), báseň (=poem), monografie (=monograph), memoáry (=memoirs), partitura (=score), pomníček (=memorial), publikace (=publication), stavba (=building), tvorba (=creation), teorie (=theory), disertace (=dissertation) (for more on valency of these nouns see Section 2.3.2.4.7, "Valency frames of nouns: names of intellectual products (artefacts)"). Artefacts can also be denoted by a proper noun (e.g.: Smetanova.AUTH Má vlast (=Smetana's My Country). AUTH modifications can potentially modify any noun; compare: Děti se pokoušely namalovat krásu. (=Children tried to paint beauty.) Janova.AUTH krása se pak umístila v soutěži o nejhezčí obrázek na abstraktní téma. (=Jan's beauty gained a good position in the contest of the best abstract picture.)
Valency. AUTH modifications are always non-valency modifications.
Forms. The modification with the functor AUTH is primarily expressed by a noun in the genitive or by a possessive adjective.
The basic forms of modifications with the functor AUTH are:
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noun in a non-prepositional case form.
The most common forms:
genitive deset básnických sbírek mladých básníků a básnířek (=ten poetry collections.GEN of young male and female poets) Examples:
básně Vítězslava Nezvala.
AUTH(=poems by Vítězslav Nezval) Fig. 7.56dekret nového ukrajinského prezidenta Leonida Kučmy.
AUTH(=the order of the new president of Ukraine, Leonid Kutchma)román Oty Filipa.
AUTH(=a novel by Ota Filip) -
possessive adjective.
Examples:
Vavrouškova.
AUTHteorie "trvale udržitelného způsobu života" (=Vavroušek's theory of permanently sustainable way of living)Svěrákův.
AUTHAkumulátor 1. (=Svěrák's Accummulator 1)autorova.
AUTHsoučasná tvorba (=author's present work)náš.
AUTHčlánek (=our article)jeho.
AUTHtexty (=his texts)skladatelovo.
AUTHnejúspěšnější hudebně-dramatické dílo (=the composer's most famous musically-dramatic piece) -
prepositional phrase.
The most common forms:
od+2 skladba Svatý Václave od Marty Jiráčkové (=composition Saint Wenceslas by Marta Jiráčková) Examples:
podobizna Matěje Kopeckého od Mikoláše Alše.
AUTH(=the portrait of Matěj Kopecký by Mikoláš Aleš)skladby od méně slavných příbuzných.
AUTH(=the compositions by the less famous relatives)
Border with the functor ACT. The AUTH modification can be interpreted as the Actor, too. For more on borderline cases with the functors AUTH and ACT see Section 2.3.2.3.1, "Borderline between the Actor and AUTH".
Borders with the functors APP and RSTR. The functor AUTH borders formally (and semantically) also with the adnominal functors APP and RSTR. When the choice of the functor is not straightforward, the following criteria should be used:
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we assign the functor
APPto modifications primarily denoting the owner of the modified object (regardless of whether the person owning the object was or was not the creator of the object). -
we assign the functor
AUTHto those modifications, that primarily express the real creator. -
we assign the functor
RSTRto modifications expressing the meaning "in honor of", "in memory of" (for details see Section 8.2.1, "Specific rules for certain types of proper nouns").
Compare:
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básnická sbírka Nezvala.
AUTH(=the poetry collection by Nezval)Nezvalova.
AUTHbásnická sbírka (=Nezval's poetry collection) -
básnická sbírka mého kamaráda.
APP(=my friend's poetry collection)kamarádova.
APPbásnická sbírka (=my friend's poetry collection)(I have borrowed it from him)
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básně severských národů.
APP(=Northern nations' poems)pohádky severských zemí.
APP(=Northern countries' tales)Nations, countries, tribes are more of the owners of these artefacts than their creators.
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náměstí V. Nezvala.
RSTR(=V. Nezval's square)Karlův.
RSTRmost (=Charles Bridge)Smetanova.
RSTRLitomyšl (=Smetana's Litomyšl)
The choice of the functor can be problematic - it is not a matter of language, it rather requires knowledge of the world or situation. Compare:
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brožurka Dagmar Lánské.
AUTH/APP(=the brochure of Dagmar Lánská)Is D. Lánská the author (
AUTH), or does the brochure belong to her (APP)?