FÁ
From Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC)
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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 $inn-hinn)))) (. .-.)) (ID 1210.JARTEIN.REL-SAG,.71))
Get-passive (fá-passive)
FÁ tagged as main verb (VB) and takes a small clause (IP-SMC) complement; the small clause contains a passive participle (VAN), not past participle (VBN).
The regular version
Recipient get-passive
enda-enda fékk-fá eg-ég það-það ærlega-ærlega borgað-borga sem-sem skiptaakt$-skiptaakt $inn-hinn sýnir-sýna .-. (1791.JONSTEINGRIMS.BIO-AUT,103.103)