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13.2.12.8.6 Clefts with a missing preposition

In some dialectal 'é que' inverted pseudoclefts, a nominal clefted constituent is interpreted inside CP-CLF as a prepositional gap. In such cases, the 'omitted' preposition is, by convention, inserted under WPP and codified inside (P (CODE {…})).

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
(ADVP-PRG (ADV Agora))
(NP-ACC (D-F-P as)
(N-P voltas)
(CP-REL (WNP-1 (WPRO que))
(IP-SUB (NP-ACC *T*-1)
(NP-SBJ (D-F a) (N terra))
(VB-P-3S dá))))

(SR-P-3S é)
(CP-CLF (WPP-2 (P (CODE {com}))
(NP 0))

(C que)
(IP-SUB (PP *T*-2)
(NP-SBJ (PRO ela))
(NP-SE (CL se))
(VB-P-3S esconde)))
(. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID ALV33,45))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(NP-SBJ-1 *exp*)
(NP-1 (D-F a)
(N massa)
(CP-REL (WNP-2 (WPRO que))
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-2)
(VB-P-3S fica)
(ADVP (ADV ali)))))

(SR-P-3S é)
(CP-CLF (WPP-3 (P (CODE {de}))
(NP 0))

(C que)
(IP-SUB (PP *T*-3)
(NP-SBJ (NP *pro*)
(NP-PRN *ICH*-4))
(VB-P-3P fazem)
(ADVP (ADV então))
(NP-ACC (D o) (N requeijão))
(DS -)
(NP-PRN-4 (CP-FRL (WNP-5 (WPRO quem))
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-5)
(VB-P-3S quer))))))
(. !))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID SRP32,142))