ECM

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

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)))))

ECM licensers

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))))