Oblique complement

The comp:obl relation is used for oblique arguments of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, nouns or pronouns, regardless of their form. Unlike UD, SUD does not make a distinction between indirect objects and oblique arguments. SUD instead makes the distinction between arguments and modifiers.

The relation comp:obl can have these deep features:

Oblique complement of a verb

The comp:obl relation is also used for clausal complements commuting with an adpositional complement.

Consider the two following examples:

In the last sentence, que ça marche commutes with de l’araignée, therefore the relation going from peur to the head of the complement is labelled comp:obl.

Oblique complement of a noun

Like the example above shows (Il a peur de l’araignée) comp:obl can also be used for the complement of a noun. This happens when the noun is part of a light verb construction (for more information, see @lvc.

Oblique complement of an adverb or an adjective