Difference between revisions of "ECM"

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Inherent ECM verbs

The following verbs are treated as inherent ECM verbs in PPCME/PPCEME:

BID, DO, GAR, HAVE, HEAR, HOT(AN), LET, MAKE, SEE

Similarly, we consider the following to be inherent ECM verbs in Icelandic:

BJÓÐA, GERA, HAFA, HEYRA, LÁTA, LÍTA, SJÁ

GERA

	  (IP-MAT-SPE (NP-LFD (D-N Sá-sá)
			      (CP-REL (WNP-1 0)
				      (C 0)
				      (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1)
					      (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (PRO-A mig-ég))
						      (ADJ-A heilan-heill))
					      (DODI gjörði-gera))))

SJÁ

( (IP-MAT (CONJ Og-og)
	  (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hann-hann))
	  (VBDI sá-sjá)
	  (IP-INF (NP-SBJ (D-A inn-hinn) (ADJ-A helga-helgur) (N-A anda-andi))
		  (VB koma-koma)
		  (PP (P yfir-yfir)
		      (NP (PRO-A hann-hann)))
		  (PP (P í-í)
		      (NP (NP-POS (N-G dúfu-dúfa))
			  (N-D líki-líki))))

LÍTA

Meaning SJÁ 'see'

( (IP-MAT (CONJ og-og)
	  (NP-SBJ *con*)
	  (VBDI leit-líta)
	  (IP-INF (NP-SBJ (NPR-A Jesúm-jesú))
		  (VB standa-standa)
		  (ADVP-LOC (ADV þar-þar)))))

Non-inherent ECM verbs

For a representative list in the PPCEME documentation, see here.

SEGJA

( (IP-MAT (CONJ og-og)
	  (VBDI sögðu-segja)
	  (NP-SBJ (NS-N menn-maður))
	  (IP-INF (NP-SBJ (NPR-A Indriða-indriði))
		  (ADJP (ADJ-A fésælan-fésælan))
		  (RD verða-verða)
		  (MD mundu-munu))
	  (. ;-;))
  (ID PILTUR,.114))

HALDA

	  (IP-IMP-SPE (PP-LFD (P Ef-ef)
			      (CP-ADV-SPE (C 0)
					  (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N þér-þú))
						      (VBPI haldið-halda)
						      (IP-INF-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-A mig-ég))
								  (VAN-A trúaða-trúaður)
								  (BE vera-vera)
								  (PP (P í-í)
								      (NP (NPR-D Drottni-drottinn)))))))
		      (, ,-,)
		      (ADVP-RSP (ADV þá-þá))
		      (VBI gangið-ganga)
		      (PP (RP inn-inn)
			  (P í-í)
			  (NP (NP-POS (PRO-A mitt-minn))
			      (N-A hús-hús))))