Object complement
The relation comp:obj is used for direct object complements, including direct complements of an adposition or a subordinating conjunction.
comp:obj can have the following deep features:
Direct object complements
Usually, in order to determine whether an object is direct or not, it suffices to know if it forms a construction with a preposition. If it doesn’t, the object is direct. According to different languages, this criterion may be insufficient.
In the following examples we can see direct objects of the Spanish verb ver.
With animate objects this verb takes the preposition a, however the object is still considered direct and therefore the relation stays comp:obj.
Adposition arguments
Subordinating conjunction arguments
Complement of an adverb of comparison
Constructions such as: plus… que (French), more… than (English), più… di (Italian), bardziej… niż (Polish), более… чем (Russian).
Complement in consecutive constructions
Constructions such as: tellement… que (French), so… that (English), così… che (Italian), tak… że (Polish), настолько… что (Russian).
Deep subjects of impersonal constructions
Direct Speech
Direct discourse is attached to its governor by the relation comp:obj.
The head of the reported phrase has the features Reported=Yes.