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xcomp: open clausal complement

An open clausal complement (xcomp) of a verb or an adjective is a predicative or clausal complement without its own subject. The reference of the subject is necessarily determined by an argument external to the xcomp (normally by the object of the next higher clause, if there is one, or else by the subject of the next higher clause). These complements are always non-finite, and they are complements (arguments of the higher verb or adjective) rather than adjuncts/modifiers, such as a purpose clause. The name xcomp is borrowed from Lexical-Functional Grammar.

Han säger att du gillar att simma \n He says that you like to swim
xcomp(gillar, simma)
Nu kan vi låta barnen studera om de vill \n Now we can let the children study if they want to
xcomp(låta, studera)
Jag betraktar honom som min vän \n I consider him as my friend
xcomp(betraktar, vän)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish)

This relation is universal.

1099 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as xcomp.

1065 instances of xcomp (97%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.00454959053685.

The following 18 pairs of parts of speech are connected with xcomp: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (402; 37% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (343; 31% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (284; 26% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (14; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (13; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (8; 1% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (7; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (6; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADP (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADV-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NUM-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Bördan	börda	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	7	dislocated	_	_
2	att	att	PART	IE	_	3	mark	_	_
3	fostra	fostra	VERB	VB|INF|AKT	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act	1	acl	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN|NEU|PLU|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	3	dobj	_	_
5	-	-	PUNCT	MID	_	1	punct	_	_
6	uttrycket	uttryck	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	låter	låta	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
8	negativt	negativ	ADJ	JJ|POS|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	7	punct	_	_

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1	Börjar	börja	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
2	hennes	hon	DET	PS|UTR/NEU|SIN/PLU|DEF	Definite=Def|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	jobb	jobb	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	att	att	PART	IE	_	5	mark	_	_
5	delas	dela	VERB	VB|INF|SFO	VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
6	av	av	ADP	PP	_	9	case	_	_
7	den	en	DET	DT|UTR|SIN|DEF	Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	moderne	modern	ADJ	JJ|POS|MAS|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	amod	_	_
9	mannen	man	NOUN	NN|UTR|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Com|Number=Sing	5	nmod:agent	_	_
10	?	?	PUNCT	MAD	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	Hushållsarbetet	hushållsarbete	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|DEF|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blir	bli	VERB	VB|PRS|AKT	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
3	kock-	kocka	NOUN	NN|UTR|-|-|SMS	Gender=Com	2	xcomp	_	_
4	och	och	CONJ	KN	_	3	cc	_	_
5	restaurangarbete	restaurangarbete	NOUN	NN|NEU|SIN|IND|NOM	Case=Nom|Definite=Ind|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	.	.	PUNCT	MAD	_	2	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish-LinES)

This relation is universal.

1391 nodes (2%) are attached to their parents as xcomp.

1300 instances of xcomp (93%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 3.41337167505392.

The following 25 pairs of parts of speech are connected with xcomp: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (806; 58% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADJ (325; 23% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (128; 9% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PRON (36; 3% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/PROPN (20; 1% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/VERB (13; 1% instances), sv-pos/AUX-sv-pos/ADJ (11; 1% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/ADV (9; 1% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/ADJ (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NUM (6; 0% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/AUX (5; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PRON (4; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/ADJ (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/VERB (3; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADJ-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/ADP-sv-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/NOUN-sv-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PRON-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/PROPN-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/SCONJ-sv-pos/ADJ (1; 0% instances), sv-pos/SYM-sv-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances).

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1	Denna	_	DET	DEM-SG-IND	_	3	det	_	_
2	sista	_	ADJ	SPL	_	3	amod	_	_
3	tanke	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fick	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
5	honom	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	_	4	dobj	_	_
6	att	_	PART	_	_	7	mark	_	_
7	erinra	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	4	xcomp	_	_
8	sig	_	PRON	RFL-ACC	_	7	dobj	_	_
9	något	_	DET	SG-IND	_	10	det	_	_
10	viktigt	_	ADJ	POS-SG-IND	_	7	xcomp	_	_
11	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	Denna	_	DET	DEM-SG-IND	_	3	det	_	_
2	sista	_	ADJ	SPL	_	3	amod	_	_
3	tanke	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fick	_	VERB	PAST-ACT	_	0	root	_	_
5	honom	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	_	4	dobj	_	_
6	att	_	PART	_	_	7	mark	_	_
7	erinra	_	VERB	INF-ACT	_	4	xcomp	_	_
8	sig	_	PRON	RFL-ACC	_	7	dobj	_	_
9	något	_	DET	SG-IND	_	10	det	_	_
10	viktigt	_	ADJ	POS-SG-IND	_	7	xcomp	_	_
11	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	För	_	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
2	varje	_	DET	TOT-SG-IND	_	3	det	_	_
3	startmärke	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	4	nmod	_	_
4	finns	_	VERB	PRES-DPO	_	0	root	_	_
5	det	_	PRON	PERS-P3SG	_	4	nsubj	_	_
6	ett	_	DET	SG-IND	_	8	det	_	_
7	motsvarande	_	ADJ	NDE	_	8	amod	_	_
8	slutmärke	_	NOUN	SG-IND-NOM	_	4	xcomp	_	_
9	.	_	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_


Treebank Statistics (UD_Swedish_Sign_Language)

This relation is universal.

3 nodes (0%) are attached to their parents as xcomp.

3 instances of xcomp (100%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 2.

The following 2 pairs of parts of speech are connected with xcomp: sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/VERB (2; 67% instances), sv-pos/VERB-sv-pos/NOUN (1; 33% instances).

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1	JA@ub@z	_	INTJ	INTERJ	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	FÖRSTÅ(L)	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
3	VARFÖR	_	ADV	AB	_	2	mark	_	_
4	SMITA	_	VERB	VB	_	2	xcomp	_	_
5	FRÅN	_	ADP	PP	_	6	case	_	_
6	SKÅL	_	NOUN	NN	_	4	nmod	_	_

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1	HUND	_	NOUN	NN	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	LUKTA	_	VERB	VB	_	0	root	_	_
3	BANSTRÄCKA	_	VERB	VBAV	_	2	conj	_	_
4	POJKE	_	NOUN	NN	_	5	nsubj	_	_
5	SITTA	_	VERB	VB	_	2	conj	_	_
6	HAND(GG)+HANTERA@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	2	conj	_	_
7	FÖRSTÅ-INTE	_	VERB	VB	_	2	conj	_	_
8	VARELSE(NN)+RÖRELSE@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	2	conj	_	_
9	VARA	_	VERB	VB	_	10	cop	_	_
10	HJORT@b	_	NOUN	NN	_	8	xcomp	_	_
11	HJORT	_	NOUN	NN	_	10	compound	_	_
12	HAND(GG)+HANTERA@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	2	conj	_	_
13	HJORT	_	NOUN	NN	_	14	nsubj	_	_
14	IRRITERAD	_	VERB	VB	_	12	ccomp	_	_
15	VARELSE(VVb)+RÖRELSE@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	14	conj	_	_
16	STANNA-TVÄRT	_	VERB	VB	_	14	conj	_	_
17	FORM(J)+BESKRIVNING+FORM(J)@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	16	nmod	_	_
18	VARELSE(VVb)+FÖRFLYTTA@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	16	conj	_	_
19	POJKE	_	NOUN	NN	_	20	nsubj	_	_
20	VARELSE(Vb)+FÖRFLYTTA+ENTITET(N)@p	_	VERB	VBAV	_	18	ccomp	_	_
21	INUTI	_	VERB	VBPP	_	22	case	_	_
22	VATTEN	_	NOUN	NN	_	18	nmod	_	_


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