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        Template:            NP    (aux) Vmatrix    Vcomplement*  (PP)
 
           
 
Template with
 
expletive subject:       EXPL  (aux) Vmatrix    Vcomplement*  ((NPindefinite) OR (PP))
 
 
 
                  Matrix verb                             Verbal complement
 
Voice                     passive                                 passive
 
  
  
Form                     Periphrastic passive                    Passive past participle
 
                            or
 
                            synthetic passive    
 
 
Changes to the
 
citation form             Suffix –t and use the aux.              Suffix -t
 
                            blive ‘become’ (periphrastic)
 
                            or
 
                            Suffix –s (synthetic)
 
 
  
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{| style="width: 75%; height: 200px" border="1"
Relation to the subject of the construction SUBJ is not a thematic argument SUBJ is a thematic argument
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|-
                                    (↑SUBJ) = (↑XCOMP SUBJ)
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| abc || Matrix verb || Verbal complement
                       
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|- style="height: 100px;"
Relation to the object of the construction if expletive subject OBJ is not a thematic argument OBJ is a thematic argument
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| jkl || style="width: 200px;" | mno || pqr
                                    (↑OBJ)  = (↑XCOMP OBJ)
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|-
Semantics Denotes an action
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| stu || vwx || yz
Argument-structure:
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| abc || Matrix verb || Verbal complement
 
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|- style="height: 100px;"
Grammatical functions: [PROP]               
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| jkl || style="width: 200px;" | mno || pqr
 
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|-
‹XCOMP›  SUBJ [UNDERGOER]   
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| stu || vwx || yz
 
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| abc || Matrix verb || Verbal complement
        ‹SUBJ›                 
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|- style="height: 100px;"
If expletive subject
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| jkl || style="width: 200px;" | mno || pqr
Argument structure:
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|-
 
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| stu || vwx || yz
Grammatical functions:
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|}
[PROP]               
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‹XCOMP›    SUBJ    OBJ
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[UNDERGOER]   
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        ‹OBJ›                 
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Syntactic selection Selecting verbal complement
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Lexical properties Control verb (subject or object control)
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Tendencies Rarely allows prefixed negation u- ‘un-
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Characteristics of the corresponding active verb form Selects infinitival complements without a prepositional marker.
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Does not take experiencer subject
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Not an unaccusative verb
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Revision as of 19:34, 4 June 2010


abc Matrix verb Verbal complement
jkl mno pqr
stu vwx yz abc Matrix verb Verbal complement
jkl mno pqr
stu vwx yz abc Matrix verb Verbal complement
jkl mno pqr
stu vwx yz