Key to symbols and abbreviations

 
NP___ 
NP___[Pass] 
NP___[Rel] 
NP can___
subject + entry verb 
subject + a necessarily passive entry verb 
subject + a verbal pattern that only occurs in relative clauses 
subject + the obligatory modal can + entry verb
HET___ 
IL___ 
IT___
empty subject + entry verb
NP[h] 
NP[nh] 
NP['action'] 
NP[zijn ogen/oren]
noun phrase with a human referent 
noun phrase with a non-human referent 
noun phrase with a restricted conceptual domain 
noun phrase with a restricted lexical paradigm
AdjP
AdvP 
AdvPart 
PP
adjectival phrase
adverbial phrase
adverbial particle
prepositional phrase
NP___NP subject + entry verb + object
NP___ ((aan) NP[h]) NP subject + entry verb + two objects, one of which has a human referent and is optionally introduced by the preposition aan
NP___C1 
NP___C1[AdjP]
subject + entry verb + subject complement 
subject + entry verb + a subject complement that must be an adjectival phrase
NP___NP C2 
NP___NP (as) C2
subject + entry verb + object + object complement 
subject + entry verb + object + an object complement that is optionally introduced by the preposition as
NP___dat Pfin 
NP___que Pfin 
NP___que Pfin[sub] 
NP___(that) Pfin
subject + entry verb + finite clause introduced by dat 
subject + entry verb + finite clause introduced by que 
subject + entry verb + subjunctive finite clause introduced by que 
subject + entry verb + finite clause optionally introduced by that
NP___wh Pfin subject + entry verb + indirect content question
NP___of Pfin 
NP___si Pfin 
NP___if/whether Pfin
subject + entry verb + indirect polar question introduced by of 
subject + entry verb + indirect polar question introduced by si 
subject + entry verb + indirect polar question introduced by if or whether
NP___Pinf 
NP___Pinf1 

NP___Pinf2 

NP___to Pinf

subject + entry verb + infinitival clause 
subject + entry verb + an infinitival clause whose (implied) subject is coreferential with the subject of the matrix clause 
subject + entry verb + an infinitival clause whose (implied) subject is non-coreferential with the subject of the matrix clause 
subject + entry verb + an infinitival clause introduced by to
NP___NP Pger2 subject + entry verb + an ing-clause whose subject (the second NP) is non-coreferential with the subject of the matrix clause
NP___NP Ped subject + entry verb + an object that is the subject of a past participle clause
NP___MAN 
NP___TEMP 
NP___LOC
subject + entry verb + manner complement 
subject + entry verb + temporal complement 
subject + entry verb + locative complement
NP___NP (comme) C2 
<___NP ==> ___de Pinf1
the object NP in this pattern can also be an infinitive introduced by de
IL se___quePfin 
<NP se___Pinf>
a (less common) alternative for the pattern with the empty subject and finite clause is a pattern with an NP subject and an infinitive
>>> 
< >
==> 
/
v
cross-reference to either another lemma or another part of the same lemma
encloses alternations 
'can be replaced by'
separates alternatives ('or')
'and/or'
inf. 
AE 
BE
Belg. 
Neth.
informal use
American English
British English
typical of Belgian Dutch
Northern Dutch usage
(OE)
(Van Dale) 
(Verschueren)
(ANS)
(GR)
invented example
example taken from the Dutch dictionary Van Dale
example taken from the Dutch dictionary Verschueren
example taken from the Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst
example taken from the French Grevisse grammar