The feature VC stands for 'Verb Cluster', and keeps track whether the main-verb is present in cluster ( +) or not ( -). The value of VC is luk, allowing for a third possibility of na, for not applicable. It is introduced in lex-or-phrase-synsem. ('matrix.tdl', HPSG Grammar Matrix, 2008-05-23)

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