PP

Head types

P - the only head type for prepositions

Stranded prepositions

[...] það máttu reiða þig upp á. (Piltur og stúlka)

For "chopped" or deleted/omitted prepositions in elision contexts, see the discussion in CP-CMP.

ADJP Complements of P

"fyrir víst" see PPCME2,PPCEME guidelines

but "satt að segja" projects an NP:

(NP-OB1 (ADJ-NSNSP satt-sannur)
	(CP-EOP (WNP-2 0)
	        (IP-INF (NP-OB1 *T*-2)
		        (TO að-að)
		        (VB-TA mæla-mæla))))

Complements of PP

Complements of P are always bare phrasal tags, e.g. NP, ADJP, not: NP-OB1, NP-POS, NP-COM.

Usually the complement of a P is an NP (and this is the default where it is difficult to tell), but ADJP and ADVP can also be the complement of P in a limited number of cases (usually fixed expressions); see PPCME2,PPCEME, and also: UM HEILT.

Note that in "allt í einu", "einu" projects an NP complement, not a PP complement. See NP-MSR.

Note: SANNUR, in e.g. "með sönnu að segja", projects an NP when it is the complement of P.

Fixed expressions where a PP takes an ADJP complement:

• Ekki leið á löngu.

PPs can also be recursive, as in the example below. See also [MILLUM, MILLI] and [ÞAR Á MILLI], and FYRIR OFAN.

                              (PP (P í-í)
				    (PP (P gegnum-gegnum)
					   (NP (PRO-A það-það))))

While this structure is relatively rare in the English corpora, it is not rare in Icelandic.