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acl: clausal modifier of noun

acl is used for finite and non-finite clauses that modify a noun. Note that in English relative clauses get assigned a specific relation acl:relcl, a subtype of acl.

the issues as he sees them
acl(issues, sees)
There are many online sites offering booking facilities .
acl(sites, offering)
I have a parakeet named cookie .
acl(parakeet, named)
A president certain that they are correct is dangerous . 
acl(president, certain)
ccomp(certain, correct)
nsubj(dangerous, president)
I just want a simple way to get my discount .
acl(way, get)
Points to establish are ...
acl(Points, establish)

Non-relative clause finite clausal complements for nouns are limited to complement clauses with a subset of nouns like fact or report. We analyze them as acl (parallel to the analysis of this class as “content clauses” in Huddleston and Pullum 2002). Such clausal complements are usually finite (though there are occasional remnant English subjunctives).

I admire the fact that you are honest
acl(fact, honest)
mark(honest, that)
cop(honest, are)
nsubj(honest, you)

This relation is no longer used for optional depictives: advcl should be used instead.


acl in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gsw] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [ky] [ml] [no] [pa] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [urj] [yue] [zh]