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iobj: indirect object

An indirect object is a nominal which corresponds to a dative object.

Il m' envoie une lettre . \n He sends me a letter .
iobj(envoie, m')

The iobj relation is also used for pronouns in prononimal verbs which are indirect objects:

Il se parle tout haut. \n He speaks to himself out loud .
iobj(parle, se)

UD_French-Spoken also uses the iobj relation for a nominal which corresponds to a dative objects i.e. a nominal that is a core argument of the verb but is not its subject or (direct) object.

Nous vous conseillons ce charmant petit restaurant. \n We recommend you this lovely restaurant.
iobj(conseillons, vous)

In French treebank, when the indirect object is realized with a preposition, it gets analyzed with the obl relation:

Il envoie la lettre à la présidente . \n He sends the letter to the president .
obl(envoie, présidente)
case(présidente, à)

However UD_French-Spoken does not and uses an obl:arg relation instead:

Il envoie la lettre à la présidente . \n He sends the letter to the president .
obl:comp(envoie, présidente)
case(présidente, à)

iobj in other languages: [bej] [bg] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fr] [fro] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [la] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [vi] [yue] [zh]