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<b>Test for identifying oblique complements in English</b> | |||
Test for identifying oblique complements in English | <ul> | ||
An oblique complement is a PP or an AdvP which behaves like a complement, i.e. it is | <li>An oblique complement (<b>Obl.Compl</b>) is a <b>PP</b> or an AdvP which behaves like a complement, i.e. it is semantically implied syntactically necessary</li> | ||
semantically implied | <li>cannot be used with a pro-VP form such as <i>do so</i>:</li> | ||
syntactically necessary | <code>John put a book on the shelf and Mary did so (*into the drawer), too.</code> | ||
cannot be used with a pro-VP form such as do so: | <li>it does not fit the definition of any of the other grammatical functions.</li> | ||
<li>typical examples in which the verb restricts the choice of a PP</li> | |||
<code> wait for+N(P)--> wait for you </code><br> | |||
typical examples | <code> substitute with+N(P)--> substitute plastic with paper</code><br> | ||
<code> rely on+N(P)--> rely on her punctuality<code><br> | |||
the verb requires a directional phrase, independent of how this is lexicalized: put | <code>talk to+N(P) --> talk to the students</code><br> | ||
Categories and structural position | <li>the verb requires a directional phrase, independent of how this is lexicalized:</li> | ||
Oblique complements are always PPs. | <code> put [sth.]<b>DObj</b> [somewhere]<b>Obl.compl</b> | ||
It is a sister of V and NP and dominated by a VP. | </ul> | ||
<b>Categories and structural position</b><br> | |||
<ul> | |||
<li<Oblique complements are always PPs.</li> | |||
<li>It is a sister of V and NP and dominated by a VP.</li> | |||
Example: | Example: | ||
_S_ | _S_ | ||
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subj / VP | subj / VP | ||
/ / / \ | / / / \ | ||
/ / / obl. | / / / obl.compl | ||
/ / / | | / / / | | ||
NP Aux V _PP__ | NP Aux V _PP__ | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 17 May 2019
Test for identifying oblique complements in English
- An oblique complement (Obl.Compl) 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:
- it does not fit the definition of any of the other grammatical functions.
- typical examples in which the verb restricts the choice of a PP
- the verb requires a directional phrase, independent of how this is lexicalized:
John put a book on the shelf and Mary did so (*into the drawer), too.
wait for+N(P)--> wait for you substitute with+N(P)--> substitute plastic with paper rely on+N(P)--> rely on her punctuality
talk to+N(P) --> talk to the students
put [sth.]DObj [somewhere]Obl.compl
Categories and structural position
<li<Oblique complements are always PPs.
- It is a sister of V and NP and dominated by a VP.
Example:
_S_
/ \
/ AuxP
/ / \
subj / VP
/ / / \
/ / / obl.compl
/ / / |
NP Aux V _PP__
/__\ | | /_____\
Pat will wait for Kim.