expl:pv: reflexive clitic with an inherently reflexive verb
Reflexive pronouns (see the feature Reflex) usually replace objects of verbs. However, some verbs are inherently reflexive (also called pronominal verbs in some grammatical traditions), i.e. the verb always occurs with a reflexive prounoun, and the pronoun cannot be replaced by a non-reflexive pronoun.
With these verbs, the reflexive pronoun is attached as expl:pv instead of obj.
For example, in Czech:
Martin se bojí zvířat . \n Martin REFLEX fears animals .
expl:pv(bojí, se)
expl:pv(fears, REFLEX)
nsubj(bojí, Martin-1)
nsubj(fears, Martin-7)
obl:arg(bojí, zvířat)
obl:arg(fears, animals)
punct(bojí, .-5)
punct(fears, .-11)
expl:pv in other languages: [cs] [de] [gsw] [qpm] [u]