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3.4. Clitics and Exceptional Case Marking

Clitics in Exceptional Case Marking contexts are annotated as climbed clitics: a null category * is inserted as NP-SBJ/PP-SBJ inside the IP where the clitic originates and coindexed with the NP dominating the moved clitic.


In the Tycho Brahe corpus, the NP dominating the moved clitic bears no function:
( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(VB-D mandava)
(NP-3 (CL a))
(IP-INF (NP-SBJ *-3)
(VB cerzir)
(NP-ACC (D-F a) (N baeta)))
(. .))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_003_PSD,89.1367))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(NP-2 (CL nos))
(VB-P faz)
(IP-INF (NP-SBJ *-2)
(VB permanecer)
(ADVP (ADV sempre))
(PP (P em@)
(NP (D @o) (N retiro))))
(. .))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,20.297))

( (IP-MAT (VB-P Pede)
(PP (P de)
(ADJP (ADJ novo)))
(NP-ACC (D-F a) (N palavra))
(NP-SBJ (D o)
(N sócio)
(NP-PRN (NPR Luiz) (NPR Gonzaga)))
(, ,)
(IP-GER (VB-G mostrando)
(NP-1 (CL se))
(IP-SMC (NP-SBJ *-1)
(ADJP (ADJ-G firme)))
(PP (P n@)
(NP (D-F @a) (PRO$-F sua) (N idéia) (VB-AN-F apresentada))))
(, ,))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID VA_002_SPL,141.1612))
In CORDIAL-SIN, Post Scriptum and WOChWEL, the NP dominating the moved clitic is labeled for case (-DAT or -ACC) inside the IP where it occurs.
        ( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO Ele))
(VB-D mandou)
(IP-INF (VB ir)
(NP-SBJ (PRO$ meu) (N pai))
(ADVP (ADV debaixo)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N pressão))))
(PP (P para)
(IP-INF (NP-SBJ (D o) (N ministro))
(NP-ACC-1 (CL o))
(VB fazer)
(IP-INF (NP-SBJ *-1)
(VB assinar)
(NP-ACC (D-UM um)
(N termo)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N responsabilidade)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N vida))))))))))
(. .))
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS0008,.37))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ E)
        (NP-SBJ (D o)
        (N conde)
        (PP (P de)
        (NP (NPR Tollosa))))
        (, ,)
        (CP-ADV (C quãdo)
        (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
         (NP-ACC-1 (CL o))
              (VB-D vyu)
        (IP-INF (NP-SBJ *-1)
        (VB vĩir)
         (PP (P pera)
        (NP (PRO si))))))
        (, ,)
        (VB-D tornou)
        (PP (P a)
        (NP (PRO elle)))
        (, ,)
        (PP (P come)
        (NP (N homẽ)
        (ADJ bõo)
        (CP-REL (WNP-2 (WPRO que))
        (IP-SUB (NP-ACC *T*-2)
        (NP-SBJ *pro*)
        (SR-D era)))))
(. .))
    (WOCHWEL; ID CGE337,.5))
        
        (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(VB-D-3P @Mandaram)
(NP-DAT-2 (CL @lhe))
(IP-INF (PP-SBJ *-2)
(VB arrumar)
(NP-ACC (D-F a)
(N camioneta))
(ADVP (ADV ali)
(PP-PRN (P @a)
(NP (D @o)
(N lado)))))
(. .))
        (CORDIAL-SIN; ID AAL34)

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(ADVP (ADV Sempre))
(NP-ACC-1 (CL me))
(VB-P considero)
(IP-SMC (NP-SBJ *-1)
(ADJP (VB-AN-F desgraçada)))
[...])
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS0008,.16))

(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(ADVP (ADV Aí))
(VB-P-3P @chamam)
(NP-DAT-114 (CL @lhe))
(IP-SMC (PP-SBJ *-114)
(NP-PRD (N parcel)))
(. .))
        (CORDIAL-SIN; ID VPA22)