An expletive subject is annotated in clauses in which a 3rd singular inergative verb occurs with a postverbal plural external argument. In that case, the plural NP and the null expletive are co-indexed.
( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(NP-SBJ-1 *exp*)
(VB-P-3S diz)
(NP-1 (D-F-P as) (N-P vizinhas))
(. :)
(IP-IMP-SPE (QT ")
(VB-I-2S Vai)
(IP-INF (VB @buscá)
(NP-ACC (CL @la))
(FP já))))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID ALV50,85))
( (IP-MAT (CONJ Mas)
(NP-SBJ (PRO eu))
(TR-D tinha)
(FP até)
(NP-ACC (COISO coiso)
(CP-THT (C que)
(PRO ele)
(CP-THT (C que)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ-1 *exp*)
(ADVP (ADV ainda))
(VB-D-3S funcionava)
(, ,)
(PP (P por)
(ADVP (ADV ali) (ADV assim)))
(, ,)
(NP-1 (D-UM-F-P umas)
(N-P coisas)
(PP (P @de)
(NP (D-F-P @essas))))))))
(. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID AAL22,14))
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