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Grammatical relation

In linguistics, grammatical relations (also called grammatical functions, grammatical roles, or syntactic functions) are functional relationships between constituents in a clause. The standard examples of grammatical functions from traditional grammar are subject, direct object, and indirect object. In recent times, the syntactic functions (more…

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Defining the grammatical relations

Thematic relationsAgentPatientActive-passive diathesisErgative verbs
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LinguisticsConstituentsClauseSubjectDirect object
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In traditional grammar

Direct object
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Heads and dependents

Determiner
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In traditional grammar

Defining the grammatical relations

Heads and dependents

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Grammatical relation

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Grammatical relation

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related to Configurational criteria · 11
Grammatical relation → Another, Binding, Chomskyan, For, Furthermore, Government, It, Minimalism, The, This, Transformational
related to Morphological criteria · 6
Grammatical relation → English, For, In English, Inflectional, Mandarin, Many
related to Thematic criteria · 6
Grammatical relation → However, In, Marge, The, There, This
related to In traditional grammar · 5
Grammatical relation → Fred, Susan, The, Traditional, When
related to Prototypical traits · 5
Grammatical relation → Across, All, Similarly, The, This
related to Defining the grammatical relations · 4
Grammatical relation → But, Most, Nevertheless, The

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grammatical relations subject object grammar syntactic functions syntax traditional dependency theories thematic verb prototypical traits clause phrase direct configurational patient

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the book cannot qualify as subjectinstance ofA noun such as Fred or a noun phrase0.80text
direct objectinstance ofA noun such as Fred or a noun phrase0.80text
respectivelyinstance ofA noun such as Fred or a noun phrase0.80text
unless they appear in an environmentinstance ofA noun such as Fred or a noun phrase0.80text
e.g. a clauseinstance ofA noun such as Fred or a noun phrase0.80text
where they are related to each other and/or to an action or stateinstance ofA noun such as Fred or a noun phrase0.80text
Mandarininstance ofinflectional morphology is not going to help in languages that lack inflectional morphology almost entirely0.80text
and even with Englishinstance ofinflectional morphology is not going to help in languages that lack inflectional morphology almost entirely0.80text
inflectional morphology does not help muchinstance ofinflectional morphology is not going to help in languages that lack inflectional morphology almost entirely0.80text
since English largely lacks morphological case.Prototypical traitsThe difficulties facing attempts to define the grammatical relations in terms of thematic or configurational or morphological criteria can be overcome by an approach that posits prototypical traitsinstance ofinflectional morphology is not going to help in languages that lack inflectional morphology almost entirely0.80text
since English largely lacks morphological caseinstance ofinflectional morphology is not going to help in languages that lack inflectional morphology almost entirely0.80text
Grammatical relationrelated to Configurational criteriaAnother0.60section

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