To be able to answer these questions, the language samples were coded manually: Every inflected verb was marked and following this all matrix and subordinate clauses were coded. In addition to this, the case and syntactic function of all words inflected for case were marked.
Til þess að svara þessum spurninum voru málsýnin handkóðuð: Allar persónubeygðar sagnir voru merktar og bæði aðal- og aukasetningar út frá þeim, en einnig var fall og setningahlutverk allra fallorða merkt.