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IMPORTANT: TWO GUIDELINES ABOUT PP RECURSION: | IMPORTANT: TWO GUIDELINES ABOUT PP RECURSION: | ||
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1) We treat PP recursion as a last resort, and use another parse if there is another obvious parse available. | 1) We treat PP recursion as a last resort, and use another parse if there is another obvious parse available. | ||
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2) The highest P in the recursive PP (e.g. "í" in the example above) is always a P which is clearly a preposition on independent grounds (i.e. it can head non-recursive PPs). | 2) The highest P in the recursive PP (e.g. "í" in the example above) is always a P which is clearly a preposition on independent grounds (i.e. it can head non-recursive PPs). | ||
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Contents
Head types
P - the only head type for prepositions
Stranded prepositions
[...] það máttu reiða þig upp á. (Piltur og stúlka)
For "chopped" or deleted/omitted prepositions in elision contexts, see the discussion in CP-CMP.
ADJP Complements of P
"fyrir víst" see PPCME2,PPCEME guidelines
but "satt að segja" projects an NP:
(NP-OB1 (ADJ-NSNSP satt-sannur) (CP-EOP (WNP-2 0) (IP-INF (NP-OB1 *T*-2) (TO að-að) (VB-TA mæla-mæla))))
Complements of PP
Complements of P are always bare phrasal tags, e.g. NP, ADJP, not: NP-OB1, NP-POS, NP-COM.
Usually the complement of a P is an NP (and this is the default where it is difficult to tell), but ADJP and ADVP can also be the complement of P in a limited number of cases (usually fixed expressions); see PPCME2,PPCEME, and also: UM HEILT, and UNDIR EINS.
Note that in "allt í einu", "einu" projects an NP complement, not a PP complement. See NP-MSR.
Note: SANNUR, in e.g. "með sönnu að segja", projects an NP when it is the complement of P.
Fixed expressions where a PP takes an ADJP complement:
- Ekki leið á löngu.
PP-recursion
PPs can also be recursive, as in the example below. See also [MILLUM, MILLI] and [ÞAR Á MILLI], and FYRIR OFAN.
(PP (P í-í)
(PP (P gegnum-gegnum)
(NP (PRO-A það-það))))
While this structure is relatively rare in the English corpora, it is not rare in Icelandic. However,...
IMPORTANT: TWO GUIDELINES ABOUT PP RECURSION:
1) We treat PP recursion as a last resort, and use another parse if there is another obvious parse available.
2) The highest P in the recursive PP (e.g. "í" in the example above) is always a P which is clearly a preposition on independent grounds (i.e. it can head non-recursive PPs).
