Difference between revisions of "ÞÓTT"

Revision as of 12:06, 22 March 2010

Þótt að usually gives a subjunctive meaning so tag the verb as subjunctive by default, including when it is ambiguous between indicative and subjunctive. In Modern Icelandic the verb may be unambigously indicative, and then we tag it like that.

ÞÓTT 'while, although' and ÞÓTT AÐ 'while that, although that' introduce an adverbial clause. Tag ÞÓTT as P and AÐ as C:

( (IP-MAT (ADVP (ADV Nú-nú))
	  (PP (P þótt-þótt)
	      (CP-ADV (C 0)
		      (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (NS-MPNIC menn-maður))
			      (BEP-SA3PP séu-vera)
			      (ADJP (ADJ-MPNSP vænir-vænn))
			      (, ,-,)
			      (CP-REL (WNP-1 0)
				      (C-R sem-sem)
				      (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1)
					      (NP-OB1 (N-MSAIC hlut-hlutur))
					      (VBP-IA3PP eiga-eiga)
					      (PP (P-D að-að)
						  (NP (NS-NPDIC málum-mál))))))))

Same sentence as above, but now the AÐ-version

( (IP-MAT (ADVP (ADV Nú-nú))
	  (PP (P þótt-þótt)
	      (CP-ADV (C að-að)
		      (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (NS-MPNIC menn-maður))
			      (BEP-SA3PP séu-vera)
			      (ADJP (ADJ-MPNSP vænir-vænn))
			      (, ,-,)
			      (CP-REL (WNP-1 0)
				      (C-R sem-sem)
				      (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1)
					      (NP-OB1 (N-MSAIC hlut-hlutur))
					      (VBP-IA3PP eiga-eiga)
					      (PP (P-D að-að)
						  (NP (NS-NPDIC málum-mál))))))))