Adverbials (grammar) required to complete the meaning of a verb or sentence
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An adverbial complement is an adverbial that is required to complete the meaning of a verb, such that if it is removed, it will yield an ungrammatical sentence or an intrinsically different meaning of the verb. They stand in contrast to adverbial adjuncts, which can be removed from a sentence without altering its structure or meaning.[1]
Adverbial complements often accompany verbs of caused motion such as put or place:
She put the cheese back.
*She put the cheese.
Now place the vase on the mantlepiece.
*Now place the vase.
However, they can occur with other types of verbs as well:
An adverbialcomplement is an adverbial that is required to complete the meaning of a verb, such that if it is removed, it will yield an ungrammatical...
including verbs, adjectives, adverbs, adverbials, and sentences. Adverbial phrases can be divided into two types: complement adverbs and modifier adverbs. For...
Adverbials are typically divided into four classes: Adverbialcomplements (i.e. obligatory adverbial) are adverbials that render a sentence ungrammatical and meaningless...
followed by both an object and an adverbialcomplement of this type, although there are exceptions in cases where the complement expresses duration, frequency...
clauses include content clauses, relative clauses, adverbial clauses, and clauses that complement an independent clause in the subjunctive mood. A content...
antecedent its syntactic function (direct or indirect object or adverbialcomplement). The form of a given pronoun is determined by its position with...
but also conjugated for tense and voice and can take prepositional and adverbial modifiers. Cross-linguistically, participles may have a range of functions...
(complements are adjective phrases) I worked there until recently (complement is an adverb) Come out from under the bed (complement is an adverbial) In...
contexts also include where the participle form functions as an adverbialcomplement, such as after movement verbs (come, go, take off) and with verbs...
whom I spoke"). Alternatively, if the relative pronoun is to be an adverbialcomplement in the clause, introduced by the preposition à (or a similar preposition...
Look up adverbial genitive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, an adverbial genitive is a noun declined in the genitive case that functions...
participle of the original verb; and the original subject may become an adverbialcomplement with the preposition por ("by"): O rato comeu o queijo ("The mouse...
difference between the two is quite obvious. Complementizers (subordinating conjunctions, adverbs, or adverbial phrases) include: если [ˈjesʲlʲɪ] 'if' (meaning...
Some of these give the clause an adverbial function, specifying time, place, or manner. Such clauses are called adverbial clauses. When I stepped out into...
prepositional complement, of the governing preposition. There is a present-future adjectival participle, as well as a past adjectival participle. The adverbial participle...
Traditional English grammar distinguishes non-finite clauses used as above from adverbial use, adjective-like modification of nouns, and use in finite progressive...
known as "complement clauses") and comparative clauses, each with its own characteristic syntax. Traditional English grammar also includes adverbial clauses...
objects, a subject complement, object complements, adpositional phrases (in English, these are prepositional phrases), or adverbial elements. Some verbs...
prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and its complement (and is therefore usually a type of adverbial phrase); and a determiner phrase is a type of noun...
so not a preposition. Many verbs can be complemented by a prepositional phrase that functions adverbially: a. Don't stand on the table. This construction...
adverb, adverbial conjunction, or subordinating adverb is an adverb that connects two clauses by converting the clause it introduces into an adverbial modifier...
verbs used with a complement introduced by a particular preposition that gives it a special meaning, as in take to (someone).) The adverbial particle in a...
categories of negation/negative polarity items, aspectual adverbials and other adverbials as well. The aspectual enclitics contain =ts’ḁ meaning ‘already’...