Object complement
The relation comp:obj is used for direct object complements.
Direct complements of an adposition or a subordinating conjunction were previously annotated with comp:obj, but this is deprecated, the simple relation comp should be used in this case
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.
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
Deep subjects of impersonal constructions are annotated with comp:obj relation, with the @agent deep feature.
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.