Difference between revisions of "Expletives"
From Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC)
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( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO Það) | ( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO Það) | ||
| + | (BEP er) | ||
| + | (ADJP (ADJ byggilegt) | ||
| + | (PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi))))) | ||
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| + | There is also an empty expletive version of this. | ||
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| + | <pre> | ||
| + | ( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*) | ||
| + | (ADVP-TMP (ADV enn)) | ||
(BEP er) | (BEP er) | ||
(ADJP (ADJ byggilegt) | (ADJP (ADJ byggilegt) | ||
(PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi))))) | (PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi))))) | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 06:20, 3 February 2010
The expletive is sometimes not co-indexed with anything, not just in weather expressions.
Það er byggilegt á Íslandi (literally 'It is buildable in Iceland').
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO Það)
(BEP er)
(ADJP (ADJ byggilegt)
(PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi)))))
There is also an empty expletive version of this.
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
(ADVP-TMP (ADV enn))
(BEP er)
(ADJP (ADJ byggilegt)
(PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi)))))
