comp:obl #

Universal #

The comp:obl relation is used for oblique arguments of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, nouns or pronouns, regardless of their form. Unlike UD, SUD does not make a distinction between indirect objects and oblique arguments. SUD instead makes the distinction between arguments and modifiers.

The relation comp:obl can have these deep features:

pattern { GOV-[comp:obl]->DEP }

English

English UD

Oblique complement of a verb #

English

The comp:obl relation is also used for clausal complements commuting with an adpositional complement.

Consider the two following examples:

French

In the last sentence, que ça marche commutes with de l’araignée, therefore the relation going from peur to the head of the complement is labelled comp:obl.

Oblique complement of a noun #

Like the example above shows (Il a peur de l’araignée) comp:obl can also be used for the complement of a noun. This happens when the noun is part of a light verb construction (for more information, see @lvc).

French

Oblique complement of an adverb or an adjective #

French

English

French #

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Haitian Creole #

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