The high degree limit of an adjective is that degree level of the adjective at which or above which the proposition described in the non-finite clause becomes true. In the example below, the argument of which the adjective is predicated is identical to the subject of the clause:

In the example above, the non-finite clause has the form of an Imperative-pro-participio, featuring a clause-initial verb that has the morphological shape of an imperative. The same example can also be construed with a om-tefor to infinitive with the verb at the end of the clause:

The infinitival clause may form a constituent with the Adjective Phrase (AP) containing the functional modifier genôchenough and the attributive adjective:

The complementiser enand can never be dropped. The complementiser omfor can be dropped depending on the construction type. In the following construction it cannot be dropped:

The infinitival clause cannot be replaced with an Adposition Phrase (PP):

The construction is subject to an alternation, that is, it comes in two varieties, depending on whether the adjective is predicated of a person or a proposition. The person argument of the adjective may show up in a PP introduced by the preposition fanof, in case the adjective is predicated of a proposition. If the adjective is predicated of the propositional argument, then that argument is usually expressed by the anticipatory pronoun itit, which is coreferential with the following clause:

The complementiser omfor is optional only if the adjective is predicated of the propositional argument. These two sentences do not mean the same thing. In (7a), the infinitival clause is true at or above the high degree limit of the adjective predicated of the person. In (7b) the truth of the infinitival clause does not seem to depend on the degree of foolishness of the person involved.