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The Oblique Complement
Test for identifying oblique complements in English
An oblique complement is a PP or an AdvP which behaves like a complement, i.e. it is
semantically implied
syntactically necessary
cannot be used with a pro-VP form such as do so:
''John put a book on the shelf and Mary did so (*into the drawer), too.
but: it does not fit the definition of any of the other grammatical functions.
typical examples:
a particular preposition is required by the verb: wait for, substitute with, rely on, talk to ... about ..., ...
the verb requires a directional phrase, independent of how this is lexicalized: put s.th. [somewhere]obl.compl
Categories and structural position
Oblique complements are always PPs.
It is a sister of V and NP and dominated by a VP.
Example:
_S_
/ \
/ AuxP
/ / \
subj / VP
/ / / \
/ / / obl.comp
/ / / |
NP Aux V _PP__
/__\ | | /_____\
Pat will wait for Kim.

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