Passive

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Impersonal Passive

Unergatives used in the impersonal passive are tagged as passive participle (VAN, MAN, RAN, etc.).

Other intransitives (mainly unaccusatives) used in the impersonal passive are tagged as past participle (VBN, MDN, RDN, etc.).

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
	  (BEPI Er)
	  (ADVP-TMP (ADV þá))
	  (VBN farið)
	  (PP (P eftir)
	      (NP (N-D presti)))
	  (PP (P í)
	      (NP (NPR-D Síðumúla))))
  (ID 1350.BANDAMENNM.NAR-SAG,.1168))