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ccomp: clausal complement

The ccomp link is used for clausal dependents which are core arguments, when the subject is not controlled. However, when the subject is controlled, we use the xcomp link.

# visual-style 3 8 ccomp	color:blue
# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
# visual-style 8	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 8	fgColor:white
1	dem	they	PRON	PRON	_	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	ADV	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
4	am	he	PRON	PRON	_	3	iobj	_	_
5	sey	that	SCONJ	SCONJ	_	8	mark	_	_
6	im	he	PRON	PRON	_	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VERB	_	3	ccomp	_	_


1	they	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
2	just	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
3	tell	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
4	him	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
5	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
6	his	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
7	daughter	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
8	fall	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_

1	they	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
2	just	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
3	told	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
4	him	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
5	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
6	his	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
7	daughter	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
8	fell	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_

The head of such complements can be a verb or an adjective :

# visual-style 4 8 ccomp	color:blue
# visual-style 4	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 4	fgColor:white
# visual-style 8	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 8	fgColor:white
1	make	let	AUX	AUX	_	3	aux	_	_
2	im	he	PRON	PRON	_	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	let	VERB	VERB	_	0	root	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	ADJ	_	3	obj	_	_
5	sey	that	SCONJ	SCONJ	_	8	mark	_	_
6	di	the	DET	DET	_	7	det	_	_
7	brake	brake	NOUN	NOUN	_	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dey	be	VERB	AUX	_	4	ccomp	_	_
9	okay	okay	ADJ	INTJ	_	8	obj	_	_

1	JUS	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
2	he	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
3	make	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
4	sure	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
5	that	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
6	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
7	brake	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
8	be	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
9	okay	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_

1	make	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
2	sure	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
3	the	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
4	brake	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
5	is	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
6	okay	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_


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