Ditransitive with PP shift: Tnx0Vnx1tonx2

Description:

This tree family is selected by ditransitive verbs that undergo a shift to a to prepositional phrase. These ditransitive verbs are clearly constrained so that when they shift, the prepositional phrase must start with to. This is in contrast to the Ditransitives with PP in section 6.4, in which verbs may appear in [NP V NP PP] constructions with a variety of prepositions. Both the dative shifted and non-shifted PP complement trees are included. 56 verbs select this family.

Examples:

give, promise, tell
Bill gave Hillary flowers .
Bill gave flowers to Hillary .
Whitman promised the voters a tax cut .
Whitman promised a tax cut to the voters .
Pinnochino told Gepetto a lie .
Pinnochino told a lie to Gepetto .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.5.

  

Figure: Declarative Ditransitive with PP shift Trees: $\alpha$nx0Vnx1Pnx2 (a) and $\alpha$nx0Vnx2nx1 (b)

(a)		(b)

Other available trees:

Non-shifted: wh-moved subject, wh-moved direct object, wh-moved indirect object, subject relative clause with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, direct object relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, indirect object relative clause with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, imperative, 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 wh-moved indirect object and by phrase, passive with wh-moved indirect object and no 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 of the by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with relative clause on the indirect object and by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with relative clause on the indirect object and no by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with/without by-phrase with adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, gerund passive with by phrase, gerund passive without by phrase;
Shifted: wh-moved subject, wh-moved direct object, wh-moved object of PP, wh-moved PP, subject relative clause with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, direct object relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, object of PP relative clause with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, 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 wh-moved object out of the PP and by phrase, passive with wh-moved object out of the PP and no by phrase, passive with wh-moved PP and by phrase, passive with wh-moved PP and no 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 of the by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with relative clause on the object of the PP and by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with relative clause on the object of the PP and no by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with/without by-phrase with adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, gerund passive with by phrase, gerund passive without by phrase.