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PP Small Clause with Sentential Subject, and Adj and Prep anchors: Ts0APnx1
- Description:
- This tree family is selected by multi-word prepositions
that take sentential subjects. In particular, this family is selected by
two-word prepositions, where the first word is an adjective, the second word a
preposition. Both components of the multi-word preposition are anchors. The
sentential subject can be indicative or infinitive. Small clauses are
explained in much greater detail in section 9.3.
5 prepositions select this tree family.
- Examples:
- devoid of, according to
that he could walk out on her is devoid of all reason .
that the conversation erupted precisely at that moment was according to my theory .
- Declarative tree:
- See Figure 6.39.
- {Declarative PP Small Clause with Sentential Subject Tree, with two-word preposition, where the first word is an adjective, and the second word is a preposition: $\alpha$s0APnx1
- Other available trees:
- wh-moved subject, relative clause on object of
the PP with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause
with comp/with PP pied-piping.
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