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4.2.3 The prepositional group (PP)<br />

head argument adjects modifier adjects<br />

PP PRP preposition @P<<br />

N or NP nominal phrase<br />

sem o amigo<br />

ADV adverb<br />

para lá, até hoje<br />

FS finite subclause<br />

depois que ...<br />

ICL non-finite clause<br />

para ajudar a velha<br />

- 229 -<br />

@>P<br />

intensifiers: muito sem graça<br />

operators: até no Brasil<br />

The third kind of group advocated here is the prepositional group (pp). A pp is not<br />

hypotactic like np’s and ap’s, but katatactic, a fact which makes it more difficult to<br />

decide on which constituent to count as head of the group. However, valency-wise it is<br />

the preposition that links the group to a head on the next syntactic level. Thus, it is a<br />

specific preposition that is governed and ”asked for” when a verb, noun or adjective<br />

allows pp-arguments. One could say that - though being able to replace the whole group<br />

- it is the preposition that is outward ambassador of the group. Therefore, in dependency<br />

grammar, the preposition counts as head of the pp, with the rest of the pp rolling as the<br />

preposition’s [dependent] argument (@P

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