CP-QUE
Just as in PPCME2,PPCEME.
Direct and indirect questions are parsed CP-QUE. A complementizer position not included if a question exhibits subject-verb inversion (verb fronting to C). A C-position is thus usually not included in direct questions, but included in indirect questions.
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Indirect questions
( (IP-MAT-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N Ég-ég)) (MDPI mun-munu) (VB segja-segja) (NP-OB2 (PRO-D þér-þú)) (NP-OB1 (PRO-A það-það) (CP-THT-SPE-PRN (C er-er) (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N þú-þú)) (VBPI spyrð-spyrja) (CP-QUE-SPE (WPP-1 (P um-um) (WNP (WD-A hverja-hver) (N-A konu-kona))) (C 0) (IP-SUB-SPE (PP *T*-1) (NP-SBJ (PRO-N ég-ég)) (VBPS yrkja-yrkja))))))))
Example with WPRO:
( (IP-MAT (CONJ en-en) (NEG eigi-eigi) (VBPI vitum-vita) (NP-SBJ (PRO-N vér-ég)) (, ,-,) (CP-QUE (WNP-1 (WPRO-N hvað-hver)) (C 0) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1) (VBPI veldur-valda))) (. .-.)) (ID PILTUR,.7))
Example with WADV:
(IP-INF (TO að-að) (VB-TA segja-segja) (, ,-,) (CP-QUE (WADVP-1 (WADV hvar-hvar)) (C 0) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO-PFSN hún-hún)) (BED-IA3SD var-vera) (PP (P-A í-í) (NP (N-MSADC heim$-heimur) (D $inn-hinn))) (VAN-DAFSN borin-bera))))
Example with WQ:
HVORT meaning "whether" and introducing an indirect question.
( (IP-MAT-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N ég-ég)) (VBPI veit-vita) (NEG ekki-ekki) (, ,-,) (CP-QUE-SPE (WNP (WQ hvort-hvort)) (C 0) (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N þið-þú)) (VBPI kannist-kanna) (PP (P við-við) (NP (PRO-A það-það))))) (. ;-;)) (ID PILTUR,.1305))
Note that in cases where the clause is ambiguous between a CP-QUE and CP-FRL, CP-QUE is the default.
EF
When EF 'if' heads a question, it is tagged WQ. Whether or not a complementizer position is filled, it is always included:
(CONJP (CONJ og-og) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *con*) (VBDI spurðu-spyrja) (, ,-,) (CP-QUE (WQ ef-ef) (C 0) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hann-hann)) (BEDS væri-vera) (NP-PRD (NPR-N Kristur-kristur))))))))) (. .-.)) (ID HOMILIUBOK,.217))
Direct questions
( (CP-QUE-SPE (IP-SUB-SPE (VBPI Heldur$-halda) (NP-SBJ (PRO-N $ðu-þú)) (, ,-,) (NP-VOC (N-N fóstri-fóstri) (NP-POS (PRO-N minn-minn))) (, ,-,) (CP-THT-SPE (C að-að) (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N það-það)) (MDDS gæti-geta) (VBN tekist-taka))) (. ?-?)))
( (IP-MAT (CONJ og-og) (NP-SBJ *con*) (VBDI mælti-mæla) (ADVP (ADV svo-svo)) (, .-.) (CP-QUE-SPE (WNP (WQ hvort-hvor)) (IP-SUB-SPE (BEPI eru-vera) (NP-SBJ (PRO-N þeir-hann) (NP-PRN (NPR-A Steinar-steinar) (CONJ og-og) (NPR-N Önundur-önundur)) (NP-PRN *ICH*-1)) (ADVP (ADV hér-hér)) (NP-PRN-1 (NS-N feðgar-feðgar))
Direct questions with expletive subject
( (CP-QUE-SPE (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ *exp*) (BEPI Er-vera) (NEG ekki-ekki) (ADVP (ADV svo-svo))) (. ?-?) (" ")))
Direct questions without inversion
Adverbial WHETHER questions (CP-QUE-ADV)
See PPCEME guidelines.
HVORT SEM (see also HVORT SEM ER)
Fragment questions
Fragment questions like "What about John?" are not parsed as CP-QUE but FRAG or QTP.
( (FRAG (NP (WPRO-N Hvað-hver)) (PP (P um-um) (NP (Q-A alla-allur) (D-A þá-sá))) (PP (ADV þarna-þarna) (P á-á) (NP (N-D spítala$-spítali) (D-D $num-hinn))) (. ?-?)) (ID 1985.MARGSAGA.NAR-FIC,.95))