Transitive: Tnx0Vnx1

Description:

This tree family is selected by verbs that require only an NP object complement. The NP's may be complex structures, including gerund NP's and NP's that take sentential complements. This does not include light verb constructions (see sections 6.15 and 6.16). 4,343 verbs select the transitive tree family.

Examples:

eat, dance, take, like
Al ate an apple .
Seth danced the tango .
Hyun is taking an algorithms course .
Anoop likes the fact that the semester is finished .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.2.

  

Figure: Declarative Transitive Tree: $\alpha$nx0Vnx1

Other available trees:

wh-moved subject, wh-moved object, subject relative clause with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, object relative clause with and without comp, imperative, determiner gerund, NP gerund, passive with by phrase, passive without by phrase, passive with wh-moved subject and by phrase, passive with wh-moved subject and no by phrase, passive with wh-moved object out of the by phrase, passive with wh-moved by phrase, passive with relative clause on subject and by phrase with and without comp, passive with relative clause on subject and no by phrase with and without comp, passive with relative clause on object on the by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, gerund passive with by phrase, gerund passive without by phrase, ergative, ergative with wh-moved subject, ergative with subject relative clause with and without comp, ergative with adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping. In addition, two other trees that allow transitive verbs to function as adjectives (e.g. the stopped truck) are also in the family.