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Exhaustive PP Small Clause: Tnx0Px1

Description:
This family is selected by exhaustive prepositions that can occur in small clauses. Exhaustive prepositions are prepositions that function as prepositional phrases by themselves. For more information on small clause constructions, please see section 9.3. The section is included here for completeness. 33 exhaustive prepositions select this tree family.
Examples:
abroad, below, outside
Dr. Joshi is abroad .
The workers are all below .
Clove is outside .
Declarative tree:
See Figure 6.29.

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{Declarative Exhaustive PP Small Clause Tree: $\alpha$nx0Px1

 

Other available trees:
wh-moved subject, wh-moved PP, relative clause on subject with and without comp, imperative, NP gerund, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping.


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