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3.1.4.1 Passive SE

In passive se-constructions, NP-SE is co-indexed with the (overt or null) agreeing NP-SBJ:
(IP-MAT   (VB-P-3P @Põem)
(NP-SE-1 (CL @se))
(NP-SBJ-1 (D-UM-P uns)
(N-P panos))
(. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID SRP24)  
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ-1 (D-F-P As) (N-P revistas))
(VB-D faziam)
(NP-SE-1 (CL se))
(PP (P em)
(NP (N frente)
(PP (P de)
(NP (D-F a) (PRO$-F minha) (N casa))))))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_003_PSD,73.1128))

( (IP-MAT (IP-MAT (CONJ E)
(, ,)
(CP-ADV (C quando)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(SR-P sam)
(ADJP (ADJ-G-P grandes))))
(, ,)
(VB-P matam@)
(NP-SE-1 (CL @se))
(NP-SBJ-1 (D-P os) (N-P machos))
(PP (P sobre)
(NP (D-F a) (N fêmea))))
[...]
(WOCHWEL; ID JAR65,.63)

( (IP-MAT (IP-MAT (ADVP (ADV Contudo))
(, ,)
(NP-SBJ-1 (PRO eles))
(NP-SE-1 (CL se))
(VB-D venderam))
[...]
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID PSCR0003,.25)
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
(SR-D-3S era)
(ADVP (CP-FRL (WADVP-1 (WADV como))
(IP-SUB (ADVP *T*-1)
(NP-SBJ *exp*)
(SR-P-3S é)
(CP-FRL (WADVP-2 0)
(C que)
(IP-SUB (ADVP *T*-2)
(NP-SBJ-3 *pro*)
(FP já)
(NP-SE-3 (CL se))
(VB-D-3P conheciam))))))
(. .)))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID UNS07)

( (IP-MAT (CONJ ou)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(PP (P a@)
(NP (D @o) (ADV-R menos)))
(NEG não)
(VB-D tiveram)
(NP-ACC (OUTRO outro)
(N princípio)
(, ,)
(CP-REL (WPP-3 (P em)
(NP (WPRO que)))
(IP-SUB (PP *T*-3)
(NP-SBJ-4 *pro*)
(ADVP (ADV-R mais) (ADV seguramente))
(NP-SE-4 (CL se))
(VB-SD fundassem))))
(. :))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,15.182))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D-P os)
(ADJP (ADV-R mais) (ADJ-P altos))
(N-P montes))
(SR-P são)
(NP-ACC (D-P os)
(CP-REL (WNP-1 (WPRO que))
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ-2 *T*-1)
(NP-SE-2 (CL se))

(VB-P admiram))))
(, ,)
(CP-ADV (FP só)
(C porque)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(VB-P custam)
(PP (P a)
(IP-INF (VB subir)))))
(. ;))
(
TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,99.2295))




When the verb is in the 3rd person singular, the construction is potentially ambiguous between an indefinite se-construction, in which the NP is the object of the verb, and a passive se-construction, in which the NP is the subject of the verb. Different solutions were taken by the different corpora.

In Cordial-Sin, Post Scriptum and Wochwel, ambiguous cases are annotated, by default, as impersonal constructions:

(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ-1 *exp*)
        (PP (P @A)
            (NP (D-F-P @as)
                (N-P vezes)))
        (VB-P-3S apanha@)
        (NP-SE-1 (CL @se))
        (NP-ACC  (D-UM-F uma)
                 (N quantidade)
                 (PP (P @de)
                     (NP  (DEM @aquilo))))
        (. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID VPA10)

In Tycho Brahe, ambiguous cases are annotated, by default, as passive constructions:

( (IP-MAT (VB-D Queimava)
          (NP-SE-1 (CL se))
          (NP-SBJ-1 (N louro))
          (PP (P com)
              (NP (ADJ-P certos) (N-P betumes) (ADJ-P odoríferos))))
[...]
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID C_001_PSD,67.989)