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3.1.3 Genitive clitics (NP-GEN)

Dative clitics (lhe, me, te, nos, vos) that express inalienable possession, kinship, friendship or professional relationship, locative objects, and more generally parts of a whole are annotated as NPs coindexed with an NP-GEN null category (*) in the final position of an NP.
(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D-UM-F Uma)
(N mordidela)
(PP (P @de)
(NP (DEM @aquilo))))
(VB-P-3S @limpa)
(NP-1 (CL @lhe))
(ADVP (ADV logo))
(NP-ACC (D-UM um)
(N pedaço)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N carne)))
                 (NP-GEN *-1))                ☜ inalienable possession
(. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID VPA31)

[...]
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
        [...]
        (VB-D contraiu)
  (PP (P de)
     (NP (ADJ puro) (N sentimento)))
      (NP-ACC (D-UM-F uma)
        (N doença)
        (, ,)
      (CP-REL (WNP-4 (WPRO$ cuja) (N violência))
        (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-4)
(PP (P com)
(NP (ADJ-G grande)
(N mágoa)
(PP (P de)
(NP (Q-P todos)))))
(NP-3 (CL lhe))
(VB-D tirou)
(NP-ACC (D-F a)
(N vida)
(NP-GEN *-3)))))))    ☜ inalienable possession
(. .))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID B_001_PSD,99.792))
( (IP-IMP-PRG (DS –)
(ADVP (ADV Agora))
(NP-1 (CL lhes))
(HV-SP haja)
(NP-SBJ (NPR Deos))
(NP-ACC (N merçe)
(PP (P de@)
(NP (D-F-P @as)
(N-P almas)
(NP-GEN *-1))))                     ☜ inalienable possession
(. !))
(WOCHWEL; ID JAR88,.112))
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D O)
(N leitor)
(ADJP (ADJ urbano)))
(ADVP (ADV mal))
(VB-P imagina)
(CP-QUE (WADVP-2 (WADV como))
(IP-SUB (ADVP *T*-2)
(SR-P são)
(NP-SBJ (D-P estes)
(N-P pais)
(CONJP (CONJ e)
(NX (N-P maridos) (ADJ-G-P rurais))))
(CP-ADV (C quando)
(IP-SUB (NP-1 (CL lhes))
(VB-P morrem)
(NP-SBJ (NP (D-F-P as)
(N-P filhas)
(NP-GEN *-1))                                    ☜ kinship
(CONJP (CONJ ou)
(NP (D-F-P as)
(N-P mulheres)
(NP-GEN *-1))))))))       ☜ kinship
(. .))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID B_005_PSD,10.257))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (NPR Deus))
(VB-R descobrirá)
(NP-ACC (D-F a) (N verdade))
(CP-ADV (C pois)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO ela))
(NP-1 (CL lhe))
(SR-P é)
(NP-ACC (PRO$-F sua)
(N filha)
(NP-GEN *-1))))                    ☜ kinship
(. .))
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS0134,.10))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(ADVP (ADV antes)
(CP-ADV (C que)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(PP (P n@)
(NP (PRO @ele)))
(NP-ACC (CL se))
(VB-SD metesse))))
(, ,)
(VB-D acodiu)
(PP (P com)
(NP (Q-F muita) (N presteza)))
(PP (P a)
(IP-INF (VB tomar@)
(NP-1 (CL @lhe))
(NP-ACC (D-F a)
(N dianteira)
(NP-GEN *-1))))                             ☜ locative object
(. .))
(
TYCHO BRAHE; ID G_008,31.549))

In all other cases, dative clitics are labelled NP-DAT under IP.
(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D o) (N ladrão))
(VB-D roubou@)
(NP-DAT (CL @me)
(NP-ACC (D o) (N livro))
(. .))

(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D o) (NPR João))
(VB-D comeu@)
(NP-DAT (CL @me)
(NP-ACC (D-F a) (N sopa))
(. .))