xcomp
: open clausal complement
An open clausal complement (xcomp
) of a verb or an adjective is a predicative or clausal complement without its own subject. The reference of the subject is necessarily determined by an argument external to the xcomp
# visual-style 3 4 xcomp color:blue
# visual-style 4 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
1 Devers _ ADP PRE _ 2 case _ _
2 Ardene _ PROPN NOMpro _ 3 obl _ _
3 vit _ VERB VERcjg _ 0 root _ _
4 venir _ VERB VERinf _ 3 xcomp _ _
5 uns _ DET DETndf _ 6 det _ _
6 leuparz _ NOUN NOMcom _ 3 obj _ _
# visual-style 3 5 xcomp color:blue
# visual-style 5 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 5 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
1 En _ ADP PRE _ 2 case _ _
2 France _ PROPN NOMpro _ 3 obl _ _
3 irat _ VERB VERcjg _ 0 root _ _
4 Carlemagne _ PROPN NOMpro _ 5 obj _ _
5 querant _ VERB VERppa _ 3 xcomp _ _
The xcomp relation is also used in constructions that are known as secondary predicates or predicatives.
# visual-style 2 3 xcomp color:blue
# visual-style 2 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
1 Sin _ PRON ADVgen.PROper _ 2 advmod _ _
2 getat _ VERB VERcjg _ 0 root _ _
3 mort _ VERB VERppe _ 2 xcomp _ _
4 Malpalin _ PROPN NOMpro _ 2 obj _ _
5 de _ ADP PRE _ 4 flat _ _
6 Nerbone _ PROPN NOMpro _ 4 flat _ _
xcomp in other languages: [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fi] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gsw] [hy] [it] [ka] [kk] [la] [ml] [no] [pa] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]