LIN100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ditransitive Verb, Subcategorization, Mary Read
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Week 14 january 19, 2016: syntax ii they them. The vistors from the arctic might wear those boots. *the magician disappeared the rabbit. devour: np disappear: . Det n some verbs must take 2 complements: put: np pploc (loc = location) Draw: the children might put forks in the garbage. Note: not binary, need 3 branches from vp (p. 151) Note: treat names as n: the verb give takes 2 np complements; such verbs are called ditransitive. Some verbs can only be followed with particular types of pps: ppto/with/for/loc eg. refer: ppto. Note: table 5. 5 p. 150 gives possible complements, not only obligatory ones: eg. open: np ppfor ppwith. Draw: simon"s parents had an argument about money. We watched the presentation of medals to the athletes. Note: in these sentences the pps attach to the preceding np, not to the vp! Compare the trees for: may put the book on the shelf.
