Gerund forms do not project IP-GER when they are part of periphrastic verb form: ( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*) (ET-P-3P Estão) (VB-G ardendo)) (CORDIAL-SIN; ID PAL36,59))
( (IP-MAT (CONJ e) (NP-SBJ *pro*) (VB-P-3P vão) (VB-G batendo) (PP (P @em) (NP (PRO @elas))) (. .)) (CORDIAL-SIN; ID PAL36,60))
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D-F-P As) (N-P desgraças) (PP (PP (P de) (NP (D-P os) (N-P Tavoras))) (CONJP (CONJ e) (PP (P de) (NP (D-P os) (NPR-P Alornas)))))) (VB-D continuavam) (VB-G ameaçando) (NP-ACC (D-P os) (N-P netos) (PP (P em) (NP (D-F a) (ADV-R mais) (ADJ-F tenra) (N idade)))) (. !)) (TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_003_PSD,39.539))
( (IP-MAT (CONJ e) (NP-SBJ *pro*) (ADVP (ADV ali)) (VB-D ficaram) (VB-G residindo) (PP (P até) (IP-INF (NP-SBJ *pro*) (VB-F partirem) (PP (P para) (NP (NPR Cadiz))))) (, ,) (CP-CAR (WNP-1 (D o) (WPRO que)) (IP-SUB (NP-ACC *T*-1) (NP-SBJ *pro*) (VB-D fizeram) (ADVP (NP-MSR (Q-F-P poucas) (N-P semanas)) (ADV depois)))) (. .)) (TYCHO BRAHE; ID A_003_PSD,101.1583))
( (IP-MAT (CONJ E) (NP-SBJ (PRO eu) (, ,) (NP-PRN (NPR (NPR Antónia) (NPR Leal))) (, ,)) (VB-P ando) (VB-G esperando) (PP (P por@) (NP (D-F @a) (ADJ-F boa) (N hora))) (, ,) (PP (P com) (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (D-F-P as) (N-P ilhargas)) (ADJP (ADJ-F-P cheias)))) (. .)) (POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS4002,.32))
However, IP-GER is projected in coordinate structures involving different complements or modifiers, or when the gerund is coordinated with other phrases: ( (IP-MAT (CONJ E) (NP-SBJ *pro*) (VB-D andou) (NP-ADV (Q todo) (D aquel) (N dia)) (IP-GER (IP-GER (VB-G chorãdo)) (CONJP (CONJ e) (IP-GER (VB-G fazẽdo) (NP-ACC (ADJ-G grã) (N doo) (CP-DEG (C que) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *exp*) (NEG nõ) (HV-P ha) (NP-ACC (PRO homẽ) (CP-REL (WNP-1 (WPRO que)) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1) (NP-ACC (CL o)) (VB-D uisse))) (CP-REL (WNP-2 (WPRO que)) (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-2) (NP-ACC-3 (CL o)) (NEG nõ) (TR-SD teuesse) (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ *-3) (PP (P por) (ADJP (ADJ sandeu))))))))))))) (. .)) (WOChWEL; ID DSG298,.4))
( (IP–MAT (NP-SBJ (D O) (N lenho) (PP (P d@) (NP (D-F @a) (N cruz)))) (ADVP (ADV sempre)) (ET-P está) (IP-GER (IP-GER (VB-G brotando) (NP-ACC (N vida))) (CONJP (CONJ e) (IP-GER (VB-G suando) (NP-ACC (D o) (ADJ precioso) (N bálsamo) (PP (P d@) (NP (D-P @os) (ADJ-G-P espirituais) (N-P dons) (CONJP (CONJ e) (NX (N-P graças))))))))) (. .)) (TYCHO BRAHE; ID B_003,50.637))
Notice that in periphrastic contexts, clitic climbing is never annotated not even when IP-GER is projected: ( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ-1 *exp*) (VB-P-3S @Vai) (NP-SE-1 (CL @se))                                                            ☜ non-climbed clitic (IP-GER (IP-GER (VB-G fazendo) (NP-ACC (D-P os) (N-P bolinhos))) (CONJP (CONJ e) (IP-GER (VB-G botando) (NP-ACC *pro*) (PP (ADV assim)                            (P @em) (NP (D-UM @um) (N pratinho)))))) (. .)) (CORDIAL-SIN; ID STE20,10)) |