Difference between revisions of "FÁ"

Revision as of 22:20, 6 April 2014

Modal (Active)

Tagged as a modal, MD, when it means GETA and functions as a modal and takes a past participle (VBN) complement. If ambiguity rises between the active use and get-passives, parse as active.

	  (CP-THT (C að-að)
		  (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún))
			  (MDDS skyldi-skulu)
			  (VBN sigrað-sigra)
			  (MD fá-fá)
			  (NP-OB1 (N-A sel$-sel) (D-A $inn-hinn))))
	  (. .-.))
  (ID 1210.JARTEIN.REL-SAG,.71))

Get-passive (fá-passive)

FÁ tagged as main verb (VB) and takes a small clause (IP-SMC) complement; the small clause contains a passive participle (VAN), not past participle (VBN).

The regular version

( (IP-IMP-SPE (CONJ Og-og)
	      (CP-ADV-SPE (C er-er)
			  (IP-SUB-SPE (NP-SBJ (PRO-N vér-ég))
				      (VBPI fáum-fá)
				      (IP-SMC-SPE (VAN-A tekna-taka)
						  (NP-SBJ (NS-A höfðingja-höfðingi)
							  (NP-POS (PRO-G þeirra-hann))))))

Recipient get-passive

  (ID 1791.JONSTEINGRIMS.BIO-AUT,103.103))

FÁ takes an object

FÁ takes an infinitival clause (IP-INF)