Expletives

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The expletive is sometimes not co-indexed with anything, not just in weather expressions.

Það er byggilegt á Íslandi (literally 'It is buildable in Iceland'). 

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO Það)
          (BEP er)
          (ADJP (ADJ byggilegt)
          (PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi)))))

There is also an empty expletive version of this. 

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
          (ADVP-TMP (ADV enn))
          (BEP er)
          (ADJP (ADJ byggilegt)
          (PP (P á) (NP (N Íslandi)))))
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