obl
: oblique nominal
The obl
relation is used for a nominal (noun, pronoun, noun 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:
- variant forms with case:
- Dative, ablative, instrumental and locative alternations where the prepositional construction gets a similar analysis to the bare noun phrase:
- Dative noun phrases with benefactive or possessive role (i.e. if the verb does not subcategorize for a single dative object and if it is not a verb of giving (or similar), where the dative could be interpreted as the recipient:
obl
is also used for temporal and locational nominal modifiers as bare nominals or something syntactically a noun phrase in a sentence:
Note, that we treat a closed set of postpositions (traditionally known as “improper adpositions”) as localizers (see ADP for a list of localizers.) The head of the localizer is the noun or the main verb of the clause preceding it. When it follows a noun, it receives the case:loc relation label. Although a few localizers have further grammaticalized into adverbials denoting spatial concepts, localizers with the adverbial function are still tagged as ADP
, but are labeled with additional features and with the dependency relation obl
.
We use obl:agent for the agent of a passive verbs. Note, that the obl
relation is used for the oblique arguments instead of obj (i.e., prepositional objects, in Armenian grammar traditionally called adpositional indirect objects.)
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]