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nascera [nascer] V MQP 1/3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘[he] was born’<br />

2. absolute relative complementiser in adverbial finite subclause (FS)<br />

mora [morar] V PR 3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘[he] lives’<br />

onde [onde] ADV @ADVL> @#FS-N ‘the’<br />

vento [vento] N M S @SUBJ> 'wind'<br />

reina [reinar] V PR 3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘reigns’<br />

3 (comparative) relative complementiser in adverbial small clause (AS)<br />

o [o] PERS M 3S ACC @ACC> ‘him’<br />

amava [amar] V IMPF 1/3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘[he] loved’<br />

tanto [tanto] ADV @ ‘when’<br />

em [em] PRP @AS< 'in'<br />

Brasil [Brasil] PROP M S @P< ‘Brazil’<br />

$,<br />

faça [fazer] V PR 1/3S SUBJ VFIN @FMV ‘do’<br />

como [como] ADV @COM @#AS-N ‘the’<br />

brasileiros [brasileiro] N M P @AS< ‘Brazilians [do]’<br />

4b. comparative absolute relative complementiser in postadjectival, postnominal or<br />

adjunct-adverbial small clause (AS)<br />

tem [ter] V PR 3S IND VFIN @FMV ‘[he] has’<br />

um [um] DET M S @>N ‘a’<br />

amigo [amigo] N M S @N ‘a’<br />

urso [urso] N M S @AS< ‘bear’<br />

The distinction made here between “hooked” relative and absolute relative<br />

constructions is based on the presence of a syntactico-semantic "hook" in the nonabsolute<br />

relatives, like 'cidade' in (1) and 'tanto' in (3). Comparative constructions with<br />

'como' can appear in all 4 sentence types, with both finite and verbless clauses; for<br />

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