xcomp: open clausal complement
The xcomp relation is used for clausal complements of verbs which function like objects, but unlike ccomp lack an explicit subject. The reference of the subject is determined by an argument external to the xcomp clause, which means that the clause inherits its subject from higher up in the tree.
# visual-style 2 3 xcomp color:blue
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
# visual-style 2 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2 fgColor:white
1 I I PRON PRON _ 2 nsubj _ _
2 want want VERB VERB _ 0 root _ _
3 drive drive VERB VERB _ 2 xcomp _ _
4 dis this DET DET _ 5 det _ _
5 car car NOUN NOUN _ 3 obj _ _
1 I _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 want _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 drive _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 this _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 car _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
1 I _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 want _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 to _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 drive _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 this _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 car _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
Secondary predicates
The xcomp relation is also used in constructions that are known as secondary predicates. In this type of construction there are two predicates mixed in one clause, and each of the predicates constitutes a core argument.
The 2 predicates in the following example are:
- something is given a name
- this name is “hemorrage”
# visual-style 6 7 xcomp color:blue
# visual-style 6 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 6 fgColor:white
# visual-style 7 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 7 fgColor:white
1 dat that PRON PRO _ 3 nsubj _ _
2 na is VERB VERB _ 3 cop _ _
3 whetin what PRON PRON _ 0 root _ _
4 dem they PRON PRON _ 6 nsubj _ _
5 dey dey AUX AUX _ 6 aux _ _
6 call call VERB VERB _ 3 acl:relcl _ _
7 hemorrage hemorrage NOUN NOUN _ 6 xcomp _ _
1 that _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 be _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 what _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 they _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 CONT _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 call _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 hemorrage _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
1 This _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 is _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 what _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
4 we _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
5 call _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
6 a _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
7 hemorrage _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
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]