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13.2.6.4 Double complementizer

Subordinate clauses displaying two complementizers are annotated as two instances of CP-THT.
The topic consituent sandwiched between the complementizers is immediately dominated by the higher CP-THT and coindexed with an empty *ICH* under IP-SUB. When the topic constituent is an argument, it bears the dash tag -LFD.
 ( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(CONJ mas)
(VB-D jurou)
(PP (P sobre)
(NP (N palavra)))
(CP-THT (C que)
(CP-ADV-1 (C se)                                                            ☜ sandwiched CP-ADV
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO eu))
(NP-DAT (CL lh@))
(NP-ACC (CL @o))
(VB-SD entregasse)))
(CP-THT (C que)
(IP-SUB (CP-ADV *ICH*-1)                       ☜ CP-ADV *ICH*
(NP-SBJ *pro*)
(NP-ACC (CL o))
(VB-R deitaria)
(PP (P a)
(IP-INF (VB voar))))))
(. .))
 (TYCHO BRAHE; ID C_001_PSD,125.1734))

( (IP-MAT (IP-MAT (CONJ E)
(NP-SBJ (PRO eu))
(VB-D acordei))
(CONJP (CONJ e)
(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(TR-D tive)
(CP-THT (C que)
(, ,)
(PP-1 (P por)                                                                                            ☜ sandwiched PP
(CP-ADV (C que)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(SR-D era)
(NP-ACC (N sonho)))))
(, ,)
(CP-THT (C que)                                     ☜ PP *ICH*
(IP-SUB (PP *ICH*-1)
                                                 (NP-SBJ *pro*)
(NEG nõ)
(SR-D era)
(NP-ACC (Q-NEG nada)))))))
(. .))
(WOCHWEL; ID CGE340,.28))

(CP-ADV (C Se)
(IP-SUB (NP-DAT (CL me))
(VB-SR-3S chegar)
(NP-SBJ (D-F a)
(N notícia)
(CP-THT (C que)
(NP-LFD-2 (D-P os)                                                            ☜ sandwiched subject NP
(PRO$-P meus)
(N-P filhos))
(CP-THT (C que)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *ICH*-2)                       ☜ NP-SBJ *ICH*
(VB-D-3P gazearam)
(NP-ACC (D-F a)
         (N escola))))))))
(...)
(CORDIAL-SIN; ID VPA15)
When the topic phrase is linked to a resumptive pronoun, no *ICH* is annotated under IP-SUB.
( (IP-IMP (NP-VOC (N Senhor))
(, ,)
(NP-LFD (D-UM-F uma)
(NPR (NPR Leonor) (NPR Mendes))
(, ,)
(CP-REL (WNP-1 (WPRO que))
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1)
(SR-D foi)
(NP-ACC (PRO$-F minha) (ADJ-F vizinha)))))
(, ,)
(CP-ADV (C se)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (NPR VM))
(NP-ACC (CL a))
(VB-SR vir)))
(NP-DAT-RSP (CL lhe))
(VB-SP diga)
(CP-THT (CP-THT (C que)
(, ,)
                          (NP-LFD (D-P os)                                                                                                ☜ sandwiched complement NP
(NUMP (NUM seis) (NUM mil))
(N-P reais)
(CP-REL (WNP-2 (WPRO que))
(IP-SUB (NP-ACC *T*-2)
(NP-SBJ (PRO eu))
(TR-D tinha)))
(PRO$-P seus))
(, ,)
(CP-THT (C que)
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO$ seu) (N cunhado))
(NP-DAT (CL me@))
(NP-ACC-RSP (CL @os))                                                 ☜ resumptive NP-ACC
(VB-D tomou)
(PP (P por)
(NP (N justiça)))
(...)
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID PSCR0049,.63)