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 |