obl: oblique argument or adjunct
The obl relation is used for oblique nominal arguments and adjuncts of verbs.
The token marked obl is a noun (or head of a noun phrase) functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct. The obl token can provide locational, temporal or other adverbial information, and may be an adjunct as well.
Examples:
ⲡ/DET ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ/NOUN ⲟⲩⲏϩ/VERB ⲛϩⲏⲧ/ADP ⲕ/PRON \n The Devil dwells inside you
obl(ⲟⲩⲏϩ,ⲕ)
case(ⲕ,ⲛϩⲏⲧ)
ⲡⲉϫⲁ/VERB ϥ/PRON ⲛⲁ/ADP ⲥ/PRON \n He said to her
obl(ⲡⲉϫⲁ,ⲥ)
case(ⲥ,ⲛⲁ)
nsubj(ⲡⲉϫⲁ,ϥ)
Note that obl includes prepositional objects of verbs of perception, such as the object of ‘hear’ or ‘see’, which is prepositional in Coptic:
ⲁⲣ/PRON ⲥⲱⲧⲙ/VERB ⲉⲣⲟ/ADP ⲓ/PRON \n You have heard me
nsubj(ⲥⲱⲧⲙ, ⲁⲣ)
obl(ⲥⲱⲧⲙ, ⲓ)
case(ⲓ, ⲉⲣⲟ)
Prepositional objects are always obl and never marked as obj, unless they are marked by the object marker ⲛ in one of the durative tenses, according to Jernstedt’s Law.
obl in other languages: [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [en] [ess] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [ky] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [uz] [vi] [yue] [zh]