Difference between revisions of "FÁ"

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Active

Tagged as a modal, MD, when it means GETA and functions as a modal and takes a past participle (VBN) complement. If ambiguity rises between the active use and get-passives, parse as active.

	  (CP-THT (C að-að)
		  (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hún-hún))
			  (MDDS skyldi-skulu)
			  (VBN sigrað-sigra)
			  (MD fá-fá)
			  (NP-OB1 (N-A sel$-sel) (D-A $inn-hinn))))
	  (. .-.))
  (ID 1210.JARTEIN.REL-SAG,.71))

Get-passive (fá-passive)

FÁ tagged as main verb (VB) and takes a small clause (IP-SMC) complement; the small clause contains a passive participle (VAN), not past participle (VBN).

The regular version

Recipient get-passive

enda-enda fékk-fá eg-ég það-það ærlega-ærlega borgað-borga sem-sem skiptaakt$-skiptaakt $inn-hinn sýnir-sýna .-. (1791.JONSTEINGRIMS.BIO-AUT,103.103)