13.2.12.8.4 Double complementizer

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As in other subordinate contexts, clefts displaying two complementizers are annotated as two instances of CP-CLF.The topic consituent sandwiched between the complementizers is immediately dominated by the higher CP-CLF and coindexed with an empty *ICH* under IP-SUB. When the topic constituent is an argument, it bears the dash tag -LFD.

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
	  (SR-P-3S É)
	  (ADVP (ADV aí))
	  (CP-CLF (C que)
		  (NP-LFD-1 (PRO eu))                                ☜ sandwiched subject NP
		  (CP-CLF (WADVP-2 0)
			  (C que)
			  (IP-SUB (ADVP *T*-2)
				  (NP-SBJ *ICH*-1)    ☜ NP-SBJ *ICH*
				  (VB-D-1S @ia)
				  (NP-3 (CL @lhe))
				  (PP (P para)
				      (IP-INF (NP-DAT *-3)
					      (VB contar))))))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID LVR03,10))