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obl:float: oblique as a floating modifier

The relation obl:float is used for floating modifiers увесь ‘all’, кожны ‘every’, адзін ‘only; alone’, абодва ‘both’, сам ‘oneself’ etc. that modify objective, dative, etc. argument in the clause.
obl:float can attach directly to the verb (or other predicative) if the (semantically modified) argument is ommited.

Ён рассыпаўся ўвесь . \n He fell apart all over . 
obl:float(рассыпаўся, ўвесь) 
obl:float(fell, all)
А цяпер праверце самі, дзе нараджальнасьць большая . \n Now check for yourself where the birth rate is higher . 
obl:float(праверце, самі) 
obl:float(check, yourself)

References

Я. Г. Тестелец. Введение в общий синтаксис. М.: РГГУ, 2001.


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