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2.2.1.2 Postverbal subjects and agreement

Postverbal subjects involve no special annotation, unless they do not agree with the verb. In that case, the postverbal argument is annotated NP-ACC and an empty expletive subject is added:
( (IP-MAT (PP (P N@)
(NP (D-F @a)
(N província)
(PP (P de)
(NP (NPR Trás-os-Montes)))))
(VB-D nasceu)
(NP-SBJ (D-UM-F uma)
(N vitela)
(PP (P com)
(NP (NUM-F duas) (N-P cabeças))))

(, ,))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID G_001,64.980))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(NP-SBJ *exp*)
(VB-D-3S nasceu)
(PP (P @em)
(NP (D-F @a)
(N praia)))
(NP-ACC (D-F-P essas)
(N-P macieirinhas))

(. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID FLF53,8))
If the verb involved is inergative, the non-agreeing NP will instead be co-indexed with the null expletive:
( (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))