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4.6. Measure PP (PP-MSR)

At the sentence level, prepositional phrases expressing measure are labelled PP-MSR.

[...]
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	(PP (P a@)
	    (NP (D @o) (ADJ mesmo) (N moleiro)))
	(VB-D arrendou)
	(NP-ACC (D-P os) (N-P moinhos))
	(PP (P por)
	    (NP (D este) (N preço)))
	(PP-MSR (P por)
		(NP (NUM nove)
		    (N-P anos)))
[...]
(POST SCRIPTUM; ID PSCR0047,.36)

( (IP-MAT (CONJ mas)
	  (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (ET-P-3S está)
	  (PP-MSR (P a)
		  (NP (NUM quatrocentos) (N-P escudos)))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID PST16,109))

(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (NPR Cascais))
        (ET-P está)
        (PP-MSR (P a)
                (NP (NUM vinte)
                    (N quilómetros)))
        (PP (P de)
            (NP (NPR Lisboa)))
        (. .))

(IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D-F a) (N loja))
        (ET-P está)
        (PP-MSR (P a)
                (NP (D-UM um)
                    (N mês)))
        (PP (P de)
            (IP-INF (VB fechar)))
        (. .))

A constituent formed by two PPs that denotesextension/measure is annotated as PP-MSR. The head of PP-MSR is the prepositionintroducing the second PP.  The first PP is annotated in the specifier position of PP-MSR.
( (IP-MAT (CONJ e)
          (VB-P habitam)
          (PP-MSR (PP (P d@)
	              (NP (D-F @a)
		          (N capitania)
		          (PP (P d@)
		              (NP (D-P @os) (N-P Ilhéus)))))
	          (P até)
	          (NP (D a)
	              (PP (P de)
		          (NP (NPR (NPR Porto)
		                   (NPR Seguro))))))
   (. .))
   (TYCHO BRAHE; ID G_008_POS-SPL,43.718))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *exp*)
	  (NP-ACC (Q-P alguns)
		  (PP (P d@)
		      (NP (PRO @eles)))
		  (ADJP *ICH*-1))
	  (HV-P há)
	  (ADJP-1 (ADV tão)
		  (ADJ-G-P grandes)
		  (CP-DEG (C que)
			  (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
				  (TR-P tem)
				  (PP-MSR (PP (P de)
					      (NP (NUMP (NUM cento) (CONJ e) (NUM cinqüenta))
					      	  (N-P bananas)))
				          (P para)
				          (NP (N cima))))))
	  (. .))
  (TYCHO BRAHE; ID G_008,17.204))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (VB-P-1S Arranjo)
	  (NP-ACC (NUM dois)
		  (N-P paus)
		  (ADJ-P compridos)
		  (, ,)
		  (CP-REL (WNP-1 (WPRO que))
			  (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *T*-1)
				  (VB-D-3S apanhava)
				  (NP-ACC (D-F a)
					  (N casa)
					  (CP-REL (WADVP-2 (WADV donde))
						  (IP-SUB (ADVP *T*-2)
							  (NP-SBJ (PRO elas))
							  (VB-D-3P dormiam))))
				  (PP-MSR (PP (P de)
					      (NP (D-UM um) (N lado)))
					  (P @a)
					  (NP (D @o) (OUTRO outro))))))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID CBV61,27))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (PP-MSR (PP (P De)
		      (ADVP (ADV hoje)))
		  (P a)
		  (NP (NUM treze) (N-P dias)))
	  (VB-P-1S faço)
	  (NP-ACC (NUMP (NUM setenta) (CONJ e) (NUM três))
		  (N-P anos))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID CPT02,88))

( (IP-MAT (PP-MSR (PP (P @De)
		      (ADVP (ADV @aí)))
		  (P para)
		  (ADVP (ADV diante)))
	  (, ,)
	  (NP-SBJ (Q-NEG ninguém) (ADV-R mais))
	  (CODE <alt%%%content="0"$$>)
	  (NP-DAT (CL lhe))
	  (VB-P-3S conhece)
	  (NP-ACC (D-F a) (N idade))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID LAR08,50))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (ADVP (ADV Assim))
	  (VB-D fizeram)
	  (ADVP (ADV ainda)
		(ADVP (ADV ontem)))
	  (PP (P a)
	      (NP (D-UM um)
		  (N homem)
		  (ADJP (VB-AN chamado)
			(IP-SMC (NP-SBJ *pro*)
				(NP-ACC (NPR (NPR Manuel) (NPR Joaquim)))))
		  (, ,)
		  (CP-REL (WNP (D o) (WPRO qual))
			  (, ,)
			  (IP-SUB (NP-SBJ *pro*)
				  (PP-MSR (PP (P desde)
					      (NP (PRO$-F sua) (N casa)))
					  (P até)
					  (NP (D-F a) (N cadeia)))
				  (, ,)
				  (NP-DAT-RSP (CL lhe))
				  (VB-D deram)
				  (NP-ACC (NUM cinco)
					  (N-P estocadas)
					  (CP-REL (WPP-2 (P de) (WPRO que))
						  (IP-SUB (PP *T*-2)
							  (NP-SBJ *pro*)
							  (ET-P está)
							  (PP (P a)
							      (IP-INF (VB morrer))))))))))
	  (. .))
  (POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS0018,.8))

 
                        
  
            Two adjacent PPs corresponding to verbal arguments are annotated as independent constituents and represented as sisters of VB.     (see below for examples).

  
      
( (IP-MAT (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
		  (IP-GER (VB-G Vindo)
			  (PP (P de)
			      (NP (NPR Palmela)))
			  (PP (P para)
			      (NP (D-F-P as) (NPR Virtudes)))
			  (PP (ADVP (ADV cá))
			      (P por)
			      (NP (D-F esta) (N banda))))
		  (, ,)
		  (VB-D encontrei)
		  (NP-ACC (D-UM um) (N almocreve)))
	  (CONJP (CONJ e)
		 (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (D o) (DEM cujo) (VB-AN dito) (N almocreve))
			 (VB-D trazia)
			 (NP-ACC (NUM-F duas)
				 (N-P bestas)
                                 (VB-AN-F-P desocupadas))))
	  (. .))
  (POST SCRIPTUM; ID CARDS0002,.2))

( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ *pro*)
	  (VB-D-1S Fui)
	  (PP (P @de)
	      (ADVP (ADV @aqui)))
	  (PP (P a)
	      (NP (NPR Portalegre)))
	  (, ,)
	  (IP-GER (VB-G procurando)
		  (PP (P por)
		      (NP (D-UM um)
			  (N especialista)
			  (PP (P de)
			      (NP (N-P ossos))))))
	  (. .))
  (CORDIAL-SIN; ID CBV29,23))