A predicative gerund clause is annotated as an IP-SMC predicate in every predication relationship represented in our system as a small clause structure:

( (IP-MAT (ADVP (ADV Antes)
		(PP (P de)
		    (IP-INF (VB principiar)
			    (NP-SBJ (D-F a) (N missa)))))
	  (VB-D ouviam@)
	  (NP-SE-1 (CL @se))
	  (NP-SBJ-1 (Q-P muitos)
		    (N-P pássaros)
	  (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ *-1)
		  (IP-GER (VB-G cantando)
			  (PP (P em)
			      (NP (N-P gaiolas)
				  (ADJP (VB-AN-F-P postas)
					(PP (P em)
					    (NP (ADJ-P diversos)
						(N-P pontos)
						(PP (P d@)
						    (NP (D @o) (N altar-mor))))))))))
	  (. .))
  (TYCHO BRAHE; ID O_001,82.485))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (VB-D achou)
	  (PP (P em@)
	      (NP (D-F @a)
		  (ADJ-R-G mayor)
		  (N rua)
		  (PP (P de@)
		      (NP (PRO @ela)))))
	  (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (D-UM um) (N forno))
		  (IP-GER (VB-G ardendo)
		          (PP (P pera)
		              (IP-INF (VB cozer)
			              (NP-ACC (N pão)))))))
  (WOChWEL; ID JAR103,.38))

( (IP-MAT-SPE (QT ")
              (NP-SBJ *pro*)
              (TR-P-1S Tenho)
              (ADVP (ADV lá))
              (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (NUM cinco)
                              (N-P arados))
                      (IP-GER (VB-G semeando)))
              (QT ")
              (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID SRP08,21))

( (IP-MAT (CONJ E)
	  (NP-SBJ (NPR Abdenaamer))
	  (VB-D escapou@)
	  (NP-DAT (CL @lhe))
	  (PP (P de)
	      (NP (N morte)))
	  (PP (P com)
	      (IP-SMC (NP-SBJ (QP (Q muy) (Q-P poucos))
		              (PP (P de@)
		                  (NP (D-P @os) (PRO$-P seus))))
		      (IP-GER (VB-G fogyndo)))
	  (. .))
  (WOChWEL; ID CGE312,.10))

Subject-oriented predicative gerund clauses and adverbial gerund clauses are in most case ambiguous. Therefore, they follow the same annotation scheme: Both are sister to the verb and labelled IP-GER.

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (VB-D-1S vim)
	  (FRAG-ETC (CONJ e) (ADV tal))
	  (, ,)
	  (IP-GER (ADV-NEG nunca)                            ☜ no -SPR added
		  (VB-G pensando)
		  (CP-THT (C que)
			  (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *exp*)
				  (TR-D-3S tinha)
				  (HV-PP havido)
				  (NP-ACC (N problema)))))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID GIA29,9))