In analytic comparatives formed with adverbs like more, più, etc., that adverb always modifies the adjective (not a large phrase).
than-phrases have category (S[adj]\NP)\(S[adj]\NP) if
adjacent to the adjective, otherwise (S\NP)\(S\NP). They attach
after more. If the argument of than is a time adverbial
such as today or a year ago, its category is
S[adj]\NP.
In this comparative construction and its foreign-language equivalents, as
Y is treated as a PP argument of ADJ. The category of
Y can be a incomplete sentence:
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S[dcl]
< 0
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