NP-MSR

Dative measure phrases modifying ADJs and ADVs

In the examples below, only the dative projects NP-MSR modifying either adverbs or adjectives (since those don't measure anything).

The ADJs of the following type of ADJPs are modified by a (bold) dative NP-MSR, see also NP-CMP when meaning is comparative:

• skömmu síðar (whole thing is ADVP-TMP)*

The following datives (bold) project an NP-MSR that modifies ADJP

• þeim mun verri
• miklu skemmtilegri
• sýnu betri
• því betri

			  (IP-SUB (NEG eigi-ekki)
				  (MDPS muni-munu)
				  (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún))
				  (NP-OB2 (PRO-A oss-ég))
				  (ADJP (NP-MSR (D-D því-það))
					(ADJR-N betri-góður)
					(NP (N-G áheits-áheit))
					(PP (P en-en)
					    (CP-CMP (WADJP-3 0)
						    (C 0)
						    (IP-SUB (ADJP *T*-3)
							    (NP-SBJ (OTHERS-N aðrir-annar)))))

Measure phrase of distance

( (IP-MAT-SPE (CONJ en-en)
	      (ADVP-TMP (ADV nú-nú))
	      (RDPI verð-verða)
	      (NP-SBJ (PRO-N ég-ég))
	      (IP-INF-SPE (IP-INF-SPE (TO að-að) (VB fara-fara))
			  (CONJP (CONJ og-og)
				 (IP-INF-SPE (TO *)
					     (VB hóa-hóa)
					     (NP-OB1 (NS-D kindu$-kind) (D-D $num-hinn))
					     (NP-MSR (ADV dálítið-dálítið) (ADJR lengra-langt))
					     (RP fram-fram)
					     (RP eftir-eftir))))

"mitt á milli"

( (IP-MAT (CODE VS:XVII_33P)
	  (ADVP (ADV Svo-svo))
	  (VBDI gekk-ganga)
	  (NP-SBJ (NPR-N Páll-páll))
	  (RP út-út)
	  (PP (NP-MSR (ADJ-N mitt-miður))
	      (P á-á)
	      (PP (P milli-milli)
		  (NP (PRO-G þeirra-hann))))
	  (. .-.))
  (ID 1540.NTACTS.REL-BIB,276.1129))

Twenty miles from London

See PPCEME guidelines.

					  (CONJP (CP-REL (WNP-2 (WPRO-N hver-hver))
							 (C að-að)
							 (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-2)
								 (VBPI liggur-liggja)
								 (ADJP-LOC (NP-MSR (NUM-A 12-tólf) (NS-A mílur-míla))
									   (PP (P frá-frá)
									       (NP (D-D þeim-sá)
										   (N-D stað-staður)
										   (NP-PRN (NPR-D Marsilia-marsilia)))))

Measure phrase of time

For ages:

Hún er tveimur árum eldri.

Hann var sextán vetra (gamall).

(ADJP (NP-MSR (NUM-G þriggja-þrír) (NS-G ára-ár))
      (ADJ-N gömul-gamall))

When there is no "gamall", we still project a ADJP here for consistency:

(ADJP (NP-MSR (NUM-G þriggja-þrír) (NS-G ára-ár)))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-N Hann-hann))
	  (BEDI var-vera)
	  (ADJP (NP-MSR (NUM-G fimmtíu-fimmtíu) (NS-G ára-ár))
		(PP (P að-að)
		    (NP (N-D aldri-aldur))))
	  (. .-.))
  (ID 1661.INDIAFARI.BIO-TRA,62.986))

And other periods of time:

( (IP-MAT (VBDI lá-liggja)
	  (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún))
	  (PP (P í-í)
	      (NP (PRO-D því-það)))
	  (NP-MSR (ADJ lengi-lengi)
		  (NP (N-G sumars-sumar)))
	  (. .-.)))

"Allt í einu", and the like are measure phrases of time, though there may be some inconsistency about "allt í einu" in the corpus:

(NP-MSR (Q-N allt-allur)
		 (PP (P í-í)
		      (NP (ONE-D einu-einn))))

(NP-MSR (ONE-N einn-einn) 
                 (N-N dag-dagur)
		 (PP (P í-í)
		      (NP (ONE-D einu-einn))))

SMÁM SAMAN

(NP-MSR (ADV Smám) (ADV saman))

Measure phrase of degree

OF MIKIÐ

	  (VBDI lét-láta)
	  (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hann-hann))
	  (NEG ekki-ekki)
	  (IP-INF (NP-SBJ (N-A konu-kona)
			  (NP-POS (PRO-A sína-sinn)))
		  (HVPI hafa-hafa)
		  (NP-MSR (ADV of-of) (Q-N mikið-mikið))
		  (PP (P undir-undir)
		      (NP (NS-D höndum-hönd))))

	      (CP-THT-SPE-PRN-1 (C að-að)
				(IP-SUB-SPE (NEG ekki-ekki)
					    (VBPI elska-elska)
					    (NP-SBJ (PRO-N ég-ég))
					    (NP-OB1 (PRO-A þig-þú))
					    (NP-MSR (Q-A minna-lítill)
						    (PP (P en-en)
							(CP-CMP-SPE (WNP-2 0)
								    (C 0)
								    (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-MSR *T*-2)
										(NP-SBJ (PRO-N hin-hinn)
											(NS-N börn$-barn)
											(D-N $in-hinn)
											(NP-POS (PRO-N mín-minn)))))))
					    (. ;-;)))))

Freqently the dative pronoun "því" can constitute an NP-MSR. This occurs, among other places, in the idiom "því miður" (= unfortunately):

	      (ADVP (NP-MSR (PRO-D því-það))
		    (ADVR miður-miður))

NP-MSR heading ADJP

LANGUR can project an NP-MSR, which in turn projects an ADJP, as in the following example:

( (IP-MAT-SPE (NP-SBJ-1 (ES Það-það))
	      (BEPS sé-vera)
	      (ADJP (NP-MSR (ADJ-N langt-langt))
		    (PP (P frá-frá)
			(NP (PRO-D mér-ég))))
	      (CP-THT-SPE-1 (C 0)
			    (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N eg-ég))
					(VBPS hugsi-hugsa)
					(NP-OB1 (Q-A nokkuð-nokkur))
					(PP (P til-til)
					    (NP (D-G þeirra-sá) (NS-G efna-efni)))))
	      (. .-.)

In this way, the Icelandic example above is treated the same way as the English construction in "I am far from patient", as in the example below from the PPCEME:

                                  (ADVP-RSP (ADV Yet))
                                  (NP-SBJ (D this)
                                          (LATIN (FW Caput) (FW mortuum)))
                                  (BED was)
                                  (ADJP (NP-MSR (ADJP (ADVR so) (ADJ far)))
                                        (PP (P from)
                                            (IP-PPL (HAG having)
                                                    (VBN lost)
                                                    (NP-ACC (PRO$ its) (ADJ Electrical) (N Faculty))))

(ID BOYLE-E3-H,25E.82)

Other kinds of examples

Frá hinum minnsta til ins mesta

				(NP-MSR (PP (P from)
					    (NP (D the) (ADJS lest)))
					(PP (P to)
					    (NP (D the) (ADJS greatest))))
...
	  (. .)) (ID TYNDNEW-E1-P2,VIII,1A.167))

FROM ... TO

See PPCEME guidelines here.

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-N Hann-hann))
	  (BEDI var-vera)
	  (ADJP (NP-MSR (NUM-G níu-níu) (NS-G fóta-fótur))
		(ADJ-N hár-hár))
	  (NP-MSR (PP (P frá-frá)
		      (NP (N-D bróklinda-bróklindi)))
		  (PP (P til-til)
		      (NP (N-G hnakka-hnakki))))
	  (. .-.)))

EINNA

"einna bestur" = one of the best. EINNA is ONE-G, projecting a NP-MSR inside the ADJP.