Sentential Complement with NP: Tnx0Vnx1s2

Description:

This tree family is selected by verbs that take both an NP and a sentential complement. The sentential complement may be infinitive or indicative. The type of clause is specified by each individual verb in its syntactic lexicon entry. A given verb may select more than one type of sentential complement. The declarative tree, and many other trees in this family, are auxiliary trees, as opposed to the more common initial trees. These auxiliary trees adjoin onto an S node in an existing tree of the type specified by the sentential complement. This is the mechanism by which TAGs are able to maintain long-distance dependencies (see Chapter 13), even over multiple embeddings (e.g. What did Bill tell Mary that John said?). 79 verbs select this tree family.

Examples:

beg, expect, tell
Srini begged Mark to increase his disk quota .
Beth told Jim that it was his turn .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.6.

  

Figure: Declarative Sentential Complement with NP Tree: $\beta$nx0Vnx1s2

Other available trees:

wh-moved subject, wh-moved object, wh-moved sentential complement, 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 before sentential complement, passive with by phrase after sentential complement, passive without by phrase, passive with wh-moved subject and by phrase before sentential complement, passive with wh-moved subject and by phrase after sentential complement, 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 before sentential complement with and without comp, passive with relative clause on subject and by phrase after sentential complement with and without comp, passive with relative clause on subject and no by phrase with and without comp, passive with/without by-phrase with adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, gerund passive with by phrase befor sentential complement, gerund passive with by phrase after the sentential complement, gerund passive without by phrase, parenthetical reporting clause.