SAKIR

SAKIR is often governed by the preposition FYRIR. However, that is not always the case -- then it is parsed as projecting a PP with a silent preposition, like MÓTI. Therefore, SAKIR (or SÖKUM) is always tagged as NS, projecting an NP.

( (IP-MAT-SPE (CONJ og-og)
	      (PP-LFD (P 0)
		      (NP (NS-A sakir-sök)
			  (NP-POS (PRO-G þess-það))))
	      (ADVP-RSP (ADV þá-þá))
	      (VBPI býð-bjóða)
	      (NP-SBJ (PRO-N eg-ég))
	      (NP-OB2 (PRO-D þér-þú))
	      (PP (P á-á)
		  (NP (N-A hólm-hólmur))))
  (ID 1400.VIGLUNDUR.NAR-SAG,.282))

Examples of SAKIR, with and without an overt preposition: Hann gerði þetta fyrir sakir ódugnaðar 'He did that for sake of inefficiency'; Hann gerði þetta sakir ódugnaðar 'He did that sake of inefficiency'.

	  (PP (P fyrir-fyrir)
	      (NP (NP-POS (N-G hræðslu-hræðsla))
		  (NS-A sakir-sök)))