obl:patient: object in BA construction
The relation obl:patient is used for the Mandarin “BA construction” (also known as the “disposal construction”). Objects marked (and raised to preverbal-position) by 把 bǎ or the more formal version 將 jiāng take the main verb as their head, while the objects themselves serve as the head of 把 bǎ or 將 jiāng (tagged as ADP).
# visual-style 3 2 obl:patient color:blue
# visual-style 2 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2 fgColor:white
# visual-style 3 bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3 fgColor:white
1 把 _ ADP _ _ 2 case _ Translit=bǎ|Gloss=BA
2 它 _ PRON _ _ 3 obl:patient _ Translit=tā|Gloss=3SG.N
3 印 _ VERB _ _ 0 root _ Translit=yìn|Gloss=print
4 出來 _ VERB _ _ 3 compound:dir _ Translit=chūlái|Gloss=come-out
1 "print _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
2 it _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
3 out" _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _
obl:patient in other languages: [yue] [zh]