Wh-moved NP complement

Wh-questions can be formed on every NP object or indirect object that appears in the declarative tree or in the passive trees, as seen in sentences ((144))-((149)). A tree family will contain one tree for each of these possible NP complement positions. Figure 13.3 shows the two extraction trees from the ditransitive tree family for the extraction of the direct (Figure 13.3(a)) and indirect object (Figure 13.3(b)).

(143)0(143

(144)

Dania asked Beth a question.  (144)0(144

(145)

Who_i did Dania ask $\epsilon_{i}$ a question?  (145)0(145

(146)

What_i did Dania ask Beth $\epsilon_{i}$?  (146)0(146

(147)

Beth was asked a question by Dania.  (147)0(147

(148)

Who_i was Beth asked a question by $\epsilon_{i}$??  (148)0(148

(149)

What_i was Beth asked $\epsilon_{i}$? by Dania? 

   

Figure: Ditransitive trees with direct object: $\alpha$W1nx0Vnx1nx2 (a) and indirect object extraction: $\alpha$W2nx0Vnx1nx2 (b)

(a)		(b)