xcomp:pred: predicate
We follow Irish and subtype the label xcomp as a UD Irish as xcomp:pred to mark predicates of the substantive verb bi (to be), which can have predicate arguments in the form of adverbial (replacing advmod, adjectival (replacing amod) and prepositional phrases (replacing obl) and for cases where a secondary predicate occurs.
This is by far the most common relation between the verb bi and the verbal noun in periphrastic constructions.
Examples
Tha m’ amhaich goirt ‘s tha mi a’ call mo ghuth “My throat is sore and I am losing my voice” (c02_002b)
Tha m' amhaich goirt 's tha mi a' call mo ghuth \n is my throat sore and am I ASP losing my voice
xcomp:pred(Tha, goirt)
xcomp:pred(tha, call)
In the next example, ‘they would be then once enclosing the shore’ (n09_002), the time adverbs remain as advmod and xcomp:pred marks the verbal noun.
1 bhiodh bi VERB V-h Mood=Cnd 0 root _ _
2 iad iad PRON Pp3p Number=Plur|Person=3 1 nsubj _ _
3 an an ADV Rt _ 1 advmod _ _
4 uair uair ADV Rt _ 3 fixed _ _
5 sin sin ADV Rt _ 3 fixed _ _
6 uaireigin uaireigin ADV Rt _ 1 advmod _ _
7 a' ag PART Sa _ 8 case _ _
8 cuartachadh cuartaich NOUN Nv VerbForm=Vnoun 1 xcomp:pred _ _
9 cladaich cladach NOUN Ncsmg Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obj _ _
xcomp:pred in other languages: [ga] [gd] [gv] [pl] [sme] [uk]