obl
: oblique nominal
In Modern Greek, the obl relation is used for a nominal (noun, pronoun, noun phrase, nominalised phrase) functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or adjunct. This means that it functionally corresponds to an adverbial attaching to a verb, adjective or other adverb.
The obl relation can be further specified by the case. In conjunction with the case relation, it provides a uniform analysis for:
- Verbs selecting an obligatory prepositional complement:
- Modern Greek has the so-called Dative Genitive that is assigned the dependency obl.
obl is used with multiword expressions (because sometimes it is not clear whether the dative genitive stands for an iobj or for a genitive denoting inalienable possession.)
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- obl is also used for temporal and locational nominal modifiers introduced with an adposition or just bare:
In the second example, the word σχολείο cannot be inflected or modified.
- The agent of a passive verb (with the optional subtype obl:agent):
obl in other languages: [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [ess] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [gub] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [ky] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [uz] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]