comp:obj
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Universal
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The relation comp:obj is used for direct object complements, including direct complements of an adposition or a subordinating conjunction.
comp:obj can have the following deep features:
pattern { GOV-[comp:obj]->DEP }
Direct object complements
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English
French
Russian
Usually, in order to determine whether an object is direct or not, it suffices to know if it forms a construction with a preposition. If it doesn’t, the object is direct. According to different languages, this criterion may be insufficient.
In the following examples we can see direct objects of the Spanish verb ver.
With animate objects this verb takes the preposition a, however the object is still considered direct and therefore the relation stays comp:obj.
Spanish
Spanish
Adposition arguments
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French
English
Russian
Subordinating conjunction arguments
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English
Spanish
French
Complement of an adverb of comparison
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Constructions such as: plus… que (French), more… than (English), più… di (Italian), bardziej… niż (Polish), более… чем (Russian).
English
Russian
Complement in consecutive constructions
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Constructions such as: tellement… que (French), so… that (English), così… che (Italian), tak… że (Polish), настолько… что (Russian).
French
Russian
Deep subjects of impersonal constructions
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French
Russian
Direct Speech
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Direct discourse is attached to its governor by the relation comp:obj.
The head of the reported phrase has the features Reported=Yes.
French
Naija
French
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TODO
Overview
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Specific Pattern
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Haitian Creole
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Overview
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The comp:obj relation is used for direct object complements, including direct complements of an adposition or a subordinating conjunction.
Specific usage
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In Haitian Creole, the construction with two direct object complements exists.
In this case, two deep features are used:
comp:obj@R for direct object complement that marks the recipientcomp:obj]@T for direct object complement that marks the theme
pattern { V -[comp:obj@R]-> R; V -[comp:obj@T]-> T; }