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2.2.5 Infinitive Phrases
The words obtained from syntactic structures the center of which is
to-infinitive, and which are most often in the passive voice form, can have
the negative particle not as their first element, or any of the adverbial
modifiers, of the type soon, much, never, etc.
[[[Adv] [InfPPass.]]InfP] Nm
Such examples are formed with the past participle of the lexical verb
as presented here: not-to-be-missed film, much-to-be-admired director,
never-to-be-forgotten meeting, soon-to-be-discovered truth, well-to-do
classes or other similar contextualized uses which served as examples in
OED: ever-to-be-lamented parent. Also, certain less used examples were
registered in our research corpus, one of the most representative of which
would be ...soon-to-be-dead Sawyer. (SKPS,716).
2.2.6 Participial Phrases
Phrasal fragments and sometimes full-fledged participial phrases can
take part in the formation of APCs, first of all judging by the fact that the
central element is a present participle. The basic constitution of this
structural model could be represented as follows:
[[[V-ing] [InfP]]PartP] Nm
The non-head elements of the original phrase are infinitival
complements or adverbial modifiers, which can be noticed in the two
instances supplied here: beginning-to-dream stage, learning-to-drive.
Aside from these, it is possible to have adverbial lexical strings
formed of three or four elements, the most important member of which is
the past participle form conjoined to coordinated nouns, adjectives or noun
phrases: red-and-white-striped jersey, wood-and-barrel-littered floor.
2.2.7 Adverb Endocentric Phrases
The most obvious formative pattern of adverbial phrase
lexicalization in English is the one which involves infinitives combined with
adverbs, predominantly well- or ill-.
[[[Adv] [InfP]] AdvP] Nm
There are not many words of this type: well-to-do family, ill-to-do
parents, etc. In all other cases, it is usually a matter of combining adverbs of
various kinds with coordinators such as and or or, as in the sentence taken
from the OED: A once-and-for-all deduction from pension. Other patterns
and illustrative examples involve: [[[Adv] [PP]] AdvP] Nm
down-to-earth wishes, up-to-date dress.
[[Adv1] [COORDINATION] [Adv2]AdvP] Nm