Subcat: subcategorization
| Values: | Ditr | Indir | Intr | Tran |
Lexical feature of verbs. Some tagsets distinguish intransitive and transitive verbs. In many languages however, subcategorization of verbs is much more complex than this.
Intr: intransitive verb
A verb that does not take arguments other than the subject.
Examples
- [en] to go
Indir: indirect verb
A verb that does not require a direct object but it requires an oblique argument.
Examples
- [en] to rely on something
Tran: transitive verb
A verb that takes a direct (accusative) object as argument (in addition to the subject). These verbs can be passivized, then the direct object becomes the subject.
Examples
- [en] to do something, to be done by somebody
Ditr: ditransitive verb
A verb that takes two core objects as arguments (in addition to the subject). These verbs can be passivized.
Examples
- [en] to give somebody something, to be given something by somebody
Subcat in other languages: [af] [ess] [hy] [ka] [quc] [u]