Subjects of unaccusative verbs involve no special annotation, unless they occur in a postverbal position and do not agree with the verb. In that case, the postverbal argument is labeled NP-ACC and an empty expletive subject is added to the annotation: ( (IP-MAT (CONJ e) In all other cases, the internal argument of the unacusative verb is directly labeled NP-SBJ: ( (IP-MAT (PP (P N@) |
12. Empty categories‎ > ‎12.1. Null subjects‎ > ‎12.1.1 Null subjects in finite clauses‎ > ‎12.1.1.2 Expletive subject (NP-SBJ *exp*)‎ > ‎