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PP Small Clause with Sentential Subject, and Noun and Prep anchors: Ts0NPnx1

Description:
This tree family is selected by multi-word prepositions that take sentential subjects. In particular, this family is selected by two-word prepositions, where the first word is a noun, the second word a preposition. Both components of the multi-word preposition are anchors. The sentential subject can be indicative or infinitive. Small clauses are explained in much greater detail in section 9.3. 1 preposition selects this tree family.
Examples:
thanks to
that she is worn out is thanks to a long day in front of the computer terminal .
Declarative tree:
See Figure 6.39.
  
Figure: Declarative PP Small Clause with Sentential Subject Tree, with two-word preposition, where the first word is a noun, and the second word is a preposition: $\alpha $s0NPnx1
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Other available trees:
wh-moved subject, relative clause on object of the PP with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping.

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1998-09-14