Complements

Question 1

Complementation

Answer 1

a relation between constituents where a head makes other constituents (=its complement) obligatory.

Question 2

Subject complement

Answer 2

• is a kind of complement that refers to or describes the subject of the clause.
• is required by a few select group of verbs:
  verb: be
  change of state verbs: become, get, turn, turn into, fall, go
  sensory verbs: seem, appear, look, sound, taste, feel
  position verbs: hang, kneel, stand, crouch, sit, lie, remain
  verbs of motion: rush, go, come, run, jump, etc

Question 3

Object complement

Answer 3

is a complement of a verb that also takes a direct object
Object complement describes some property of the Direct Object
Object complement can be stative of inchoative (verb of motion)