expl:pass: expletive passive
The relation expl:pass is a sub-class of expl, specific for the passivizing use of the clitic si. We can have this construction only for transitive verbs at the 3° singular or plural person form. The verb comes with the clitic pronoun, which does not cover any syntactic or semantic role of the verb. The role of subject is played by the syntactic object, which becomes a passive subject (nsubj:pass).
Fra quattro giorni si aprirà il Salone internazionale di l' automobile
expl:pass(aprirà, si)
nsubj:pass(aprirà, Salone)
Si puniscano i praticanti stregnoni .
expl:pass(puniscano, Si)
nsubj:pass(puniscano, praticanti)
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