Imperative sentences without an overt subject have category
S[b]\NP, as in CCGrebank. For example:
| Chiamami |
| S[b]\NP |
| . |
| (S[b]\NP)\(S[b]\NP) |
Imperative sentences with an overt subject have category S[b].
For example:
| Rufen |
| ((S[b]/PR)/NP)/NP |
| Sie |
| NP |
| mich |
| NP |
| an |
| PR |
| . |
| S[b]\S[b] |
The English, German and Dutch cohortative constructions are analyzed as imperatives of verbs with an additional first-person plural pronoun argument:
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The Italian cohortative construction is analyzed as a declarative sentence:
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S[dcl]
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