GrammarSoft ApS

Objects

The object section is marked by the lack of work put into it, as there are only one general, and two very specific, rules. But there are grammatical reason for its small size as well. Objects typically occur to the right of finite/main verbs, where subjects may occur to the right, between them or to the left. This also means that relative clauses do not intervene. The general rule says that objects of a restricted class of verbs ("sige", "lave" and "bygge" so far) are resultatives (or ``factitives'').<sup>15</sup> The two specific rules are the 'if' and 'only if' parts of the rule: an object is a distance/route if and only if the main verb is 'to go': ``Han gik en tur'', ``Han gik tre kilometer''.¹⁶

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# SELECT %FACT

SELECT (%FACT) (0 @<ACC) (*-1 @MV BARRIER CLB/SB LINK 0 V-FACT); 
                                          # Jack built a house.

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# IFF %TOP-DIST

SELECT (%TOP-DIST) (0 @<ACC) (*-1 @MV LINK 0 ("gå")); 
       #"gå en tur", er der andre der tager top-dist som direkte obj? 
REMOVE (%TOP-DIST) (0 @<ACC) (*-1 @MV LINK NOT 0 ("gå")); # iff