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13.1.4.1.1 Wh fronting

Wh-questions are labelled CP-QUE. Fronted wh-phrases are annotated as immediate constituents of CP-QUE and co-indexed with a wh-movement trace (*T*) inside IP-IND:
( (CP-QUE (WNP-1 (WD Que) (N lustre))
(IP-IND (NP-SBJ *T*-1)
(VB-P pode)
(IP-INF (VB resultar)
(PP (P de@)
(NP (D @o)
(N encontro)
(PP (P de)
(NP (D-UM-F uma)
(N cousa)
(ADJP (ADJ-F alheia)
(, ,)
(CONJP (ADJ-F distinta))
(, ,)
(CONJP (VB-AN-F separada))
(, ,)
(CONJP (CONJ e) (ADJ-F estranha)))))))))
(. ?))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,67.1442))

( (CP-QUE (WNP-1 (WPRO Que))
(IP-IND (NP-ACC *T*-1)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(NP-DAT (CL vos))
(VB-R direi))
(. ?))
(WOChWEL; ID JAR11,.13))

( (CP-QUE (WPP-1 (P A)
(NP (WPRO quem)))

(IP-IND (PP *T*-1)
(VB-D deu)
(NP-SBJ (D este) (N criminoso))
(NP-ACC (D-F essa)
(N soma)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N dinheiro)))))
(. ?))
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS0094,.7))

( (CP-QUE (WADVP-1 (WADV Como))
(IP-IND (ADVP *T*-1)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(VB-R julgaria)
(NP-ACC (D-F a)
(PRO$-F minha)
(N falta)
(PP (P de)
(NP (N agradecimento)))))
(. ?))
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS2163,.4))

( (CP-QUE (WNP-1 (WD-P Quantas) (N-P vezes))
(IP-IND (NP-ADV *T*-1)
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(VB-P esperamos)
(NP-ACC (D-F-P as)
(N-P sombras)
(PP (P de@)
(NP (D-F @a) (N noite))))
(PP (P com)
(NP (ADV-R mais)
(N fervor)
(PP (P de@)
(CP-CMP (WNP-2 (D @o) (WPRO que))
(IP-SUB (NP-MSR *T*-2)
(NP-ACC (D-F-P as)
(N-P luzes)
(PP (P de@)
(NP (D @o) (N dia))))))))))
(. ?))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,65.1351))
The verb is always represented under IP-IND, even in inversion contexts:
( (CP-QUE (WNP-1 (WPRO Que))
(IP-IND (NP-ACC *T*-1)
(VB-P-3S faz)
(NP-ADV (D-UM-F uma) (N ocasião))
(NP-SBJ (D-F a) (PRO$-F minha) (N mãe)))
(. ?))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID VPA38,12))

( (CP-QUE (CONJ mas)
(WPP-1 (P de)
(NP (WPRO que)))
(IP-IND (PP *T*-1)
(VB-P serve)
(NP-SBJ (D-UM-F uma) (N regularidade) (VB-AN-F usada))
)
(. ?))
(TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_001_PSD,97.2229))

( (CP-QUE (WADVP-1 (WADV Como))
(IP-IND (ADVP *T*-1)
(SR-P-3S é)
(NP-SBJ (D o) (NPR Belarmino))
)
(. ?))
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID ALV06,14))