Difference between revisions of "Single NP object = NP-OB2"

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NP-OB2 with cognate object verbs

Verbs like HJÁLPA 'help' and BIÐJA (BÆNAR) 'pray' are treated as taking an NP-OB2, that is, the superficial object is NP-OB2 because these are treated as taking an abstract NP-OB1. See further details in PPCEME

		      (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO-N vér-ég))
			      (VBDI hlupum-hlaupa)
			      (PP (P yfir-yfir)
				  (NP (N-A slotspláss$-slotspláss) (D-A $ið-hinn)))
			      (NP-OB2 (N-A kapphlaup-kapphlaup))))

Various other examples

			(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (N-N engi-enginn) (N-N maður-maður))
				(PP (P í-í)
				    (NP (D-D því-sá) (N-D landi-land)))
				(VBDI stóðst-standa)
				(NP-OB2 (PRO-D honum-hann))
				(CONJ-1 hvorki-hvorki)
				(PP (P um-um)
				    (NP (CONJ *ICH*-1)
					(N-A afl-afl)
					(CONJ né-né)
					(NS-A íþróttir-íþrótt))))))
	  (. .-.)))