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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. This is often referred to as obligatory control.

In Norwegian xcomp is used for infinitival clauses

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Han har tidligere lovet å vende tilbake \n He has previously promised to return
xcomp(lovet,vende)
{
    "text": "Han har tidligere lovet å vende tilbake \n He has previously promised to return ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 18, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 24, 25 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 26, 31 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T7", "token", [ [ 32, 39 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T9", "token", [ [ 42, 44 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T10", "token", [ [ 45, 48 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T11", "token", [ [ 49, 59 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T12", "token", [ [ 60, 68 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T13", "token", [ [ 69, 71 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T14", "token", [ [ 72, 78 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "xcomp", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T6" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

This relation is also used for cases of obligatory secondary predication

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presidentens ambisiøse helseplan kjørte seg fullstendig fast \n the president's ambitious health plan got completely stuck
xcomp(kjørte,fast)
{
    "text": "presidentens ambisiøse helseplan kjørte seg fullstendig fast \n the president's ambitious health plan got completely stuck ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 12 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 13, 22 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 23, 32 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 33, 39 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 40, 43 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 44, 55 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T7", "token", [ [ 56, 60 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T9", "token", [ [ 63, 66 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T10", "token", [ [ 67, 78 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T11", "token", [ [ 79, 88 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T12", "token", [ [ 89, 95 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T13", "token", [ [ 96, 100 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T14", "token", [ [ 101, 104 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T15", "token", [ [ 105, 115 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T16", "token", [ [ 116, 121 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "xcomp", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T7" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

xcomp is also used for copula-like verbs such as bli “become”, kalle “call”, hete “named” in Norwegian.

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Mennesket kan bli edelt \n Man can become noble
xcomp(bli,edelt)
{
    "text": "Mennesket kan bli edelt \n Man can become noble ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-3-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 9 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T2", "token", [ [ 10, 13 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T3", "token", [ [ 14, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T4", "token", [ [ 18, 23 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T6", "token", [ [ 26, 29 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T7", "token", [ [ 30, 33 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T8", "token", [ [ 34, 40 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-3-T9", "token", [ [ 41, 46 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-3-R1", "xcomp", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-3-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-3-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "3" ]
}

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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]

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