comp:obj #
Universal #
The comp:obj relation is used for direct object complements, including direct complements of an adposition or a subordinating conjunction.
The relation
comp:objcan have these features:
Direct object complements #
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 #
French
English
Russian
Subordinating conjunction arguments #
English
Spanish
French
Complement of an adverb of comparison #
Constructions such as: plus… que (French), more… than (English), più… di (Italian), bardziej… niż (Polish), более… чем (Russian).
English
Russian
Complement in consecutive constructions #
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 #
French
Russian
Direct Speech #
Direct discourse is attached its governor by the relation comp:obj with the features Reported = "Yes" (link). It used to be annotate with the depency relation parataxis:obj. It has now been deleted.
French
Naija
french #
TODO
Overview #
Specific Pattern #
haitien #
Overview #
The comp:obj relation is used for direct object complements, including direct complements of an adposition or a subordinating conjunction. In Haitian Creole the constructions with two direct object complements exist. In this case we use the comp:obj@R and comp:obj@T relations.
Specific Pattern #
direct object complement - recipient #
Description: In the case of the construction with two direct object complements the comp:obj@R relation is used for direct object complement that marks the recipient.
Pattern: GOV-[comp:obj@R]->DEP
direct object complement - theme #
Description: In the case of the construction with two direct object complements the comp:obj@T relation is used for direct object complement that marks the theme.
Pattern: GOV-[comp:obj@T]->DEP
Tables #
Here is the table where you can find the pattern in the treebanks.