Who run on a platform of...
"The Free Democrats’ leader Christian Lindner, who ran on a platform of tax cuts and a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans, staked a claim even before last month’s general election for his party to take over the finance ministry." (www.politico.eu)
Does a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans complement the verb "run on [... (and) a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans]" or is it the complement of the noun phrase "a platform of [... (and) a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans]?
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The Free Democrats’ leader Christian Lindner, who ran on a platform [of tax cuts and a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans ], staked a claim even before last month’s general election for his party to take over the finance ministry. It's a little ambiguous, but I think the salient interpretation is that the underlined NPs are forming a coordination functioning as complement of the preposition “of”. The PP (in brackets) as a whole is then complement of the noun "platform".
- The Free Democrats’ leader Christian Lindner, who ran on a platform [of tax cuts and a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans ], staked a claim even before last month’s general election for his party to take over the finance ministry.
- It's a little ambiguous, but I think the salient interpretation is that the underlined NPs are forming a coordination functioning as complement of the preposition “of”.
- The PP (in brackets) as a whole is then complement of the noun "platform".
- An alternative (and less likely) analysis is that the two NPs "a platform of tax cuts" and "a sceptical stance Macron’s on eurozone plans" are a coordination functioning as complement of the preposition "on".
- The PP "on a platform of tax cuts and a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans" would then be complement of the verb "ran".
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The Free Democrats’ leader Christian Lindner, who ran on a platform [of tax cuts and a skeptical stance on Macron’s eurozone plans], staked a claim even before last month’s general election for his party to take over the finance ministry.
It's a little ambiguous, but I think the salient interpretation is that the underlined NPs are forming a coordination funct
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