Syntactic functions of possessive pronouns

Note the words highlighted in the following sentences:

(1) Of all the houses I visited, I liked theyour.

(2) I tiedyourhair.

We note that they express a sense of ownership, don't we? This is because these words are possessive pronouns. Do you remember them? See the table below and recall the forms that these pronouns can take:

A dustsitter	many possessors
An object	many objects	An object	many objects
1st person male women	my mine	my my	our Wow	ours our
2nd person male. women	your your	your your	your yours	your yours
3rd person male women	your your	your your	your your	your your

Returning to the initial examples, it is important to note that, despite the morphological similarity, the same does not occur in relation to the syntactic function of the pronouns “your” and “your”, that is, they work differently at the syntactical level. In (1), the pronoun has the function of indirect object.In (2), the pronoun works as adnominal deputy.

Thus, possessive pronouns can have different syntactic functions. Let's look at them in detail now:

• When the possessive pronoun has the value of adjective, it will have the function of adnominal deputy:

Example:

Letoursuitcases beside the car.

• When the possessive pronoun has the value of substantive, it occurs as head of a noun phrase, It is known as noun pronoun and can perform the following syntactic functions:

Occupation	Example
Subject	At your are those!
subject predicative	these bags are your.
Vocative	Ô my, stay calm there!
Direct object	Speaking of bills, I was only able to pay the my.
indirect object	Of all the houses I visited, I liked theyour.
nominal complement	I don't miss you anymoreyour.
Adverbial Adjunct	Fix that part with your tools, I'll fix this one with themy.
liability agent	my father was received by theyour.