obl: oblique nominal
The obl relation is used for a nominal dependent of a verbal, adjectival or adverbial expression or a nominal predication, with the nominal dependent functioning as a non-core (oblique) argument or modifier. (A nominal is any expression headed by a word tagged NOUN, PRON or PROPN, or some elliptical version of such an expression.)
I talked to my friend in the park
nsubj(talked-2, I-1)
obl(talked-2, friend-5)
obl(talked-2, park-8)
nmod:poss(friend-5, my-4)
case(friend-5, to-3)
det(park-8, the-7)
case(park-8, in-6)
he is the manager of the store on Mondays
nsubj(manager-4, he-1)
cop(manager-4, is-2)
det(manager-4, the-3)
obl(manager-4, store-7)
case(store-7, of-5)
det(store-7, the-6)
obl(manager-4, Mondays-9)
case(Mondays-9, on-8)
we are proud of our students
nsubj(proud-3, we-1)
cop(proud-3, are-2)
obl(proud-3, students-6)
case(students-6, of-4)
nmod:poss(students-6, our-5)
In conjunction with the case relation, it provides a uniform analysis for variant forms with inflectional case, as in Finnish for example:
etsiä ilman johtolankaa \n to_search without clue.PARTITIVE
obl(etsiä, johtolankaa)
case(johtolankaa, ilman)
etsiä taskulampun kanssa \n to_search torch.GENITIVE with
obl(etsiä, taskulampun)
case(taskulampun, kanssa)
etsiä johtolangatta \n to_search clue.ABESSIVE
obl(etsiä, johtolangatta)
The obl relation is also used for temporal and locational nominal modifiers:
Last night , I swam in the pool
obl(swam, night)
obl(swam, pool)
and for the agent of a passive verb (with the subtype obl:agent):
the cat was chased by the dog
nsubj:pass(chased, cat)
obl:agent(chased, dog)
The obl relation contrasts with the nmod relation when the head is a nominal. Compare:
we prefer lilies to daisies
obl(prefer-2, daisies-5)
a preference for lilies
nmod(preference-2, lilies-4)
obl in other languages: [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [ess] [fr] [fro] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [gub] [hbo] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [ky] [naq] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [ssp] [sv] [swl] [tr] [u] [uz] [vi] [xcl] [yue] [zh]