obl:arg: oblique argument
The relation obl:arg in Lithuanian is used to mark oblique arguments, in order to distinguish them from adjuncts. Oblique arguments are not conditioned by the transitivity of the verb – that is they are not expressed in the accusative case nor in the genitive of negation or the partitive genitive.
Jis davė man knygą . \n He gave me a-book .
obl:arg(davė, man)
obl:arg(gave, me)
Aš tikiu tavimi . \n I believe in-you .
obl:arg(tikiu, tavimi)
obl:arg(believe, in-you)
Obl:arg is also used to denote the instrumental case of nouns, adjectives, and participles with verbs: laikyti (to consider), (pa)skelbti (to declare), (pa)skirti (to appoint), (pa)vadinti (to call), pripažinti (to recognize), virsti (to turn into), (pa)versti (to make, to turn into), įvardinti (to name):
Aš laikau jį geru žmogumi . \n I consider him a-good person .
obl:arg(laikau, žmogumi)
obl:arg(consider, person)
Teismas pripažino jį nekaltu . \n The-court declared him innocent .
obl:arg(pripažino, nekaltu)
obl:arg(declared, innocent)
In impersonal sentences, a dative subject is also marked as obl:arg:
Man patinka krepšinis . \n I like basketball .
obl:arg(patinka, Man)
obl:arg(like, I)
Man buvo šalta . \n I was cold .
obl:arg(šalta, Man)
obl:arg(cold, I)
Prepositional constructions can be annotated either as obl or obl:arg. The label obl is used for prepositional constructions functioning adverbially (for example, Viską darau dėl tavęs – I do everything because of you – adverbial of cause), whereas obl:arg is used to mark arguments traditionally referred to as indirect objects). It is also important to consider that obl:arg typically has restricted and obl unrestricted valency. For example:
Aš važiavau į miestą . \n I went to the-city .
obl:arg(važiavau, miestą)
obl:arg(went, the-city)
obl:arg in other languages: [bej] [cs] [de] [fr] [lt] [pl] [qpm] [u] [xcl]