Adjectives

Syntactic descriptions have been provided for 1715 adjectives in the Swedish PAROLE lexicons. There are 60 different adjectival syntactic descriptions used to subcategorize adjectival frames

The main division line among the types of adjectival subcategorization frames has been drawn between those that can function as heads in predicative positions and those that function as modifiers in nominal phrases. The syntactic behaviour of the adjectives in the modifier position is defined by grammatical rules and for this reason, it is less interesting from the lexical point of view. The adjectives functioning as modifiers share the subcategorization frame encoded as DAN, in which the modifying adjective is put in the left position with respect to the head noun. The majority of the adjectives occurring in this position can also be used in a subjective predicative function and thus they subsume under the subcategorization frame of the type DACVASuPr. The descriptions DAN and DACVASuPr capture the most common subcategorization frames for adjectives.

In the Swedish PAROLE lexicon, there are many adjectives that impose lexically determined restrictions on their complements when used in predicative constructions. These have been assigned to more specific subcategorization frames. For instance, the adjectives that can take an infinitive clause as their optional complement are assigned the subcategorization frame DAINFCLf (befriande ). The class of adjectives that can undergo Tough-Movement is captured by the description type DAACOMPLfforAINFCLf.




PAROLE_adj_description_types
(the list over types of descriptions with examples, used for adjective conctructions; based on data in LExINS Svenska ord,  NEO, corpus)

Descriptions include information on:
(i) possible position of an adjective in a construction (DAN (adjective + noun) attributive position; DACVASUPR predicative position)
(ii) type(s) av adjective complements  (prep.phrases include preposition(s) in the description code);
(iii) facultative/obligatory status of a complement (F = facultative compl.); 
(iv) animacy (A)/inanimacy (X) of nouns in compl. phrases;



DAN	abstrakt (konst)
DACVASUPR	(vara) absurd
DAACOMPLFMOTA	aggressiv (mot ngn)
DAACOMPLFFORAINFCLF	angenäm (för ngn) (att + INF)
DAINFCLF	befriande (att INF)
DAACOMPLFOMINFCL	angelägen (om att INF)
DAACOMPLFOMS	ense (om att SATS)
DAACOMPLFFORA	acceptabel (för ngn)
DAACOMPLFIX	beläst (i ngt)
DAACOMPLFIA	kär (i ngn)
DAACOMPLFAVX	berusad (av ngt)
DAACOMPLFAVAX	akterseglad (av ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFFORAX	ansvarig (för ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFMEDAX	aktsam (med ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFMOTAX	allergisk (mot ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFPAAX	avundsjuk (på ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFOVERAX	begeistrad (över ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFOMAX	aktsam (om ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFFRANAX	avskild (från ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFTILLAX	kallsinnig (till ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFIAX	betagen (i ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFFORX	beryktad (för ngt)
DAACOMPLFTILLX	behörig (till ngt)
DAACOMPLFOVERX	arg (över ngt)
DAACOMPLFMEDX	avhållsam (med ngt)
DAACOMPLFPAX	beredd (på ngt)
DAACOMPLFOMX	angelägen (om ngt)
DAACOMPLFMOTX	effektiv (mot ngt)
DAACOMPLFFRANX	frånvarande (från ngt)
DAACOMPLFEFTERX	girig (efter ngt)
DAACOMPLFVIDX	van (vid ngt)
DAACOMPLFAVA	bortskämd (av ngn)
DAACOMPLFPAA	arg (på ngn)
DAACOMPLFMEDA	familjär (med ngn)
DAACOMPLTILLX	berättigad till ngt
DAACOMPLAVX	betingad av ngt
DAACOMPLMEDX	bevuxen med ngt
DAACOMPLAVAX	besatt av ngn/ngt
DAACOMPLMEDAX	belåten med ngn/ngt
DAACOMPLOMAX	mån om ngn/ngt
DAACOMPLMEDA	jämnårig med ngn
DAACOMPLFTILLA	närstående (till ngn)
DAACOMPLFPAINFCL	duktig (på att INF)
DAACOMPLFIINFCL	fenomenal (i att INF)
DAACOMPLOMS	mån om att SATS
DAACOMPLFOVERS	förvånad (över att SATS)
DAACOMPLFFORS	orolig (för att SATS)
DAACOMPLFORAX	främmande ngn/ngt
DAACOMPLIAX	glad i ngn/ngt
DAACOMPLIX	bevandrad i ngt
DAINFCL	beredd att INF
DAACOMPLFFFORATILLX	användbar (för ngn till ngt)
DAACOMPLAX	kvitt ngn/ngt
DAACOMPLFHOSA	inneboende (hos ngn)
DAACOMPLFOMA	omtänksam (om ngn)
DAACOMPLX	värd ngt
DAACOMPLFA	underlägsen (ngn)
DAACOMPLFAX	hängiven (ngn/ngt)
DAACOMPLFFORAXINFCLF	påfrestande (för ngn/ngt) (att + INF)