Difference between revisions of "IP-SMC"

Revision as of 11:12, 11 February 2010

Used for kalla 'call', as in Hann kallaði mig svín 'He called me a.pig'. Parsed as in historical English corpora:

( (IP-MAT-SPE (CONJ For)
              (NP-SBJ (Q som) (NS men))
              (VBD called)
              (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (PRO me))
                      (NP-TMP (Q+N somtyme))
                      (NP-OB1 (D the) (N Quene)
                              (PP (P of)
                                  (NP (D the) (NPR Wast) (NPR Landis)))))
              (. ,))

Also used for "þykja", as in the example below. Also notice that the subject of the small clause, the embedded IP-INF, is extraposed in this case (a frequent occurrence when the small clause subject is a clause). As in the normal case of extraposed IP-INF subjects or extraposed CP-THT, the extraposed IP-INF is coindexed with "it" or the empty expletive counterpart to "it" in the subject position of the IP-SMC. In this case, it is the empty expletive...

( (IP-MAT (VBDI þótti-þykja)
	  (NP-SBJ (NS-D bændum-bóndi)
		  (PP (P í-í)
		      (NP (NPR-D Hólshrepp-hólshrepp))))
	  (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ=1 *exp*)
		  (ADJP (ADJ ÍSJÁRVERT-ÍSJÁRVERÐUR))
		  (IP-INF-1 (TO að-að)
			    (VB gjöra-gjöra)
			    (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (N-A kerlingu-kerling))
				    (ADVP-LOC (ADV þar-þar))
				    (ADJP (ADJ sveitlæga-sveitlægur)))
			    (PP (P eftir-eftir)
				(NP (ADJP (ADVR svo-svo) (ADJ ÓLJÓSU-ÓLJÓS))
				    (N-D handriti-handrit)))))
	  (. .-.)))

...but it could have been overt as well, as below:

( (IP-MAT (VBDI þótti-þykja)
	  (NP-SBJ (NS-D bændum-bóndi)
		  (PP (P í-í)
		      (NP (NPR-D Hólshrepp-hólshrepp))))
	  (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ-1 það)
		  (ADJP (ADJ ÍSJÁRVERT-ÍSJÁRVERÐUR))
		  (IP-INF-1 (TO að-að)
			    (VB gjöra-gjöra)
			    (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (N-A kerlingu-kerling))
				    (ADVP-LOC (ADV þar-þar))
				    (ADJP (ADJ sveitlæga-sveitlægur)))
			    (PP (P eftir-eftir)
				(NP (ADJP (ADVR svo-svo) (ADJ ÓLJÓSU-ÓLJÓS))
				    (N-D handriti-handrit)))))
	  (. .-.)))