expl: expletive
expl are nominals that appear in an argument position of a predicate but which do not themselves satisfy any of the semantic roles of the predicate. The main predicate of the clause (the verb or predicate adjective or noun) is the governor.
# visual-style 7 5 expl color:blue
# visual-style 5 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5 fgColor:white
# visual-style 7 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7 fgColor:white
1 Si _ ADV ADVgen _ 2 advmod _ _
2 feroiz _ VERB VERcjg _ 0 root _ _
3 dame _ NOUN NOMcom _ 2 vocative _ _
4 s' _ SCONJ CONsub _ 7 mark _ _
5 il _ PRON PROimp _ 7 expl _ _
6 vos _ PRON PROper _ 7 iobj _ _
7 siet _ VERB VERcjg _ 2 advcl _ _
In Old French, the expletive relation is also used for reflexive pronouns attached to inherently reflexive verbs:
# visual-style 4 3 expl color:blue
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
# visual-style 4 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4 fgColor:white
1 Car _ CCONJ CONcoo _ 4 cc:nc _ _
2 bien _ ADV ADVgen _ 4 advmod _ _
3 s' _ PRON PROper _ 4 expl _ _
4 esforcera _ VERB VERcjg _ 0 root _ _
5 s' _ SCONJ CONsub _ 7 mark _ _
6 il _ PRON PROper _ 7 nsubj _ _
7 vialt _ VERB VERcjg _ 4 advcl _ _
expl in other languages: [bg] [de] [el] [en] [fr] [fro] [gsw] [it] [no] [pt] [qpm] [ro] [ru] [sl] [sv] [u] [yue]