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ccomp: clausal complement

A clausal complement of a verb or adjective is a dependent clause which is a core argument. That is, it functions like an object of the verb, or adjective.

Виждам , че идва често . \n See-I that comes-he often .
ccomp(Виждам, идва)
ccomp(See-I, comes-he)

Such clausal complements may be finite or nonfinite. However, if the subject of the clausal complement is controlled (that is, must be the same as the higher subject or object, with no other possible interpretation) the appropriate relation is xcomp.

Аз обичах да разговарям с него . \n I liked to speak with him .
ccomp(обичах, разговарям)
ccomp(liked, speak)
Невеста Нена престана да вика . \n Aunt Nena stopped to shout .
xcomp(престана, вика)
xcomp(stopped, shout)

Example with copula:

Трудно е да я накараш да признае . \n Difficult-it is to her make confess .
ccomp(Трудно, накараш)
ccomp(Difficult-it, make)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Bulgarian)

This relation is universal.

1925 nodes (1%) are attached to their parents as ccomp.

1804 instances of ccomp (94%) are left-to-right (parent precedes child). Average distance between parent and child is 4.58701298701299.

The following 15 pairs of parts of speech are connected with ccomp: bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/VERB (1649; 86% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/ADJ (91; 5% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/NOUN (83; 4% instances), bg-pos/PART-bg-pos/VERB (37; 2% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/ADV (35; 2% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/DET (9; 0% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/PRON (7; 0% instances), bg-pos/PART-bg-pos/NOUN (3; 0% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/NUM (3; 0% instances), bg-pos/PART-bg-pos/ADJ (2; 0% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/PROPN (2; 0% instances), bg-pos/ADJ-bg-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), bg-pos/ADP-bg-pos/VERB (1; 0% instances), bg-pos/PART-bg-pos/PRON (1; 0% instances), bg-pos/VERB-bg-pos/PUNCT (1; 0% instances).

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1	Двете	два	NUM	Mcfpd	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	сестри	сестра	NOUN	Ncfpi	Definite=Ind|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	започнаха	започна	VERB	Vpptf-o3p	Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
4	да	да	AUX	Tx	_	6	aux	_	_
5	си	се	PRON	Ppxtd	Case=Dat|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	expl	_	_
6	шепнат	шепна	VERB	Vpitf-r3p	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	3	ccomp	_	_
7	още	още	ADV	Dq	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	по-ниско	ниско	ADV	Dm	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	punct	_	3	punct	_	_

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1	-	-	PUNCT	punct	_	5	punct	_	_
2	Ти	аз	PRON	Ppe-os2	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	си	съм	AUX	Vxitf-r2s	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	4	cop	_	_
4	весела	весел	ADJ	Afsi	Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
5	изглежда	изглежда	VERB	Vniif-r3s	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	punct	_	5	punct	_	_

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1	Теодосий	теодосий	PROPN	Npmsi	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	вече	вече	ADV	Dt	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
3	не	не	PART	Tn	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	е	съм	AUX	Vxitf-r3s	Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	6	cop	_	_
5	наш	наш	DET	Pszl-s1mi	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	det	_	_
6	проблем	проблем	NOUN	Ncmsi	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	punct	_	6	punct	_	_
8	казаха	кажа	VERB	Vpptf-o3p	Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	_
9	от	от	ADP	R	_	10	case	_	_
10	НИС	нис	PROPN	Npmsh	Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_


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