Complement of light verb construction
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The complement of a VERB -[comp:obj@lvc]-> OBJ
construction is attached to OBJ if it can be considered independently of VERB, otherwise it is attached to VERB.
Examples :
- j’ai peur de mourir (I’m afraid to die) - la peur de mourir me hante (the fear of dying haunts me)
peur -[comp:obl]-> de
- Je me rends compte de mon erreur (I realize my mistake )
rends -[comp:obl]-> de
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