12.7.3 The position of traces in other constituents

Wh-movement traces (*T*) appear in constituent-initial position:
( (CP-EXL (INTJ Oh)
(WADVP-1 (WADV quanto))
(IP-IND (SR-P é)
(ADJP (ADVP *T*-1)
(ADJ-F especiosa))
(NP-SBJ (D-F a)
(N tranquilidade)
(PP (P de@)
(NP (D @o) (N destro)))))
(. !))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,28.477))

( (IP-IMP-PRG (NP-SBJ (NPR (PRO$ Nosso) (NPR Senhor)))
(NP-DAT (CL lhe@))
(NP-ACC (CL @a))
(VB-SP dê)
(PP (P para)
(NP (N amparo)
(PP (P de@)
(NP (D @o)
(PRO$ meu)
(N sobrinho)
(, ,)
(CP-REL (WPP-1 (P de)
(WNP (WPRO quem)))

(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(TR-P tenho)
(NP-ACC (PP *T*-1)
(Q-F-P muitas)
(N-P saudades))))))))
(, ,)
(PP (P em)
(NP (N companhia)
(PP (P de)
(NP (CP-FRL (WNP-2 (WPRO quem))
(IP-SUB (NP-ACC *T*-2)
(NP-SBJ (NPR VM))
(VB-P deseja)))))))
(. .))
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID PSCR0021,.2))

Traces of leftward A'-movement (topicalization, fronting) are annotated in constituent-initial position, in contrast to traces of rightward A'-movement (extraposition, right dislocation) which are annotated in constituent-final position:
( (IP-IMP-SPE (DS -)
(ADVP (ADV Pois))
(VB-I promete@)
(NP-DAT (CL @me))
(, ,)
(IP-MAT-PRN (VB-D dise)
(NP-SBJ (NPR Paulas)))
(, ,)
(CP-THT (C que)
(IP-SUB (PP-LFD-1 (P de@)                                ☜ topicalization
(NP (D-F @esta) (N morte)))

(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(NEG nõ)
(VB-SP digas)
(NP-ACC (PP *ICH*-1)                             ☜ trace in constituent-initial position
(Q-NEG nilhur))))
(. .))
(WOChWEL; ID DSG715,.9))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
(ADVP (ADV aí))
(TR-D tivemos)
(NP-ACC (D o)
(N gosto)
(PP *ICH*-1))                                                                                                ☜ trace in final-constituent position
(, ,)
(NP-SBJ (NP (PRO eu))
(CONJP (CONJ e)
(NP (PRO$ meu)
(N irmão))))
(, ,)
(PP-1 (P de)                                                                                                                    ☜ extraposition
(IP-INF (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(VB-F recebermos)
(NP-ACC (D o)
(ADJ prometido)
(N presente)
(PP (P de)
(NP (D-P os)
(N-P cavalos))))))

(. .))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_003_PSD,100.1560))

Traces of displaced pronominal complements/modifiers of adjectives and nouns (*) are annotated in the final position of the ADJP/NP where the clitic originates:
( (IP-MAT (ADVP (ADV Naturalmente))
(NP-4 (CL nos))
(SR-P é)
(ADJP (ADJ-F odiosa)
(NP-DAT *-4))
(NP-SBJ (D-F a) (N irresolução))
(. ,))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,29.501))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D-UM-F Uma)
(N mordidela)
(PP (P @de)
(NP (DEM @aquilo))))
(VB-P-3S @limpa)
(NP-1 (CL @lhe))
(ADVP (ADV logo))
(NP-ACC (D-UM um)
(N pedaço)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N carne)))
(NP-GEN *-1))
(. .))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID VPA31,11))