Ditransitive Verb Particle: Tnx0Vplnx1nx2

Description:

Verb/verb particle combinations that select this tree family take 2 NP complements. Both the verb and the verb particle anchor the trees, and the verb particle can occur before, between, or after the noun phrases. Perhaps because of the complexity of the sentence, these verbs do not seem to have passive alternations ($\ast$A new bank account was opened up Michelle by me). There are 4 verb/verb particle combinations that select this tree family. The exhaustive list is given in the examples.

Examples:

dish out, open up, pay off, rustle up
I opened up Michelle a new bank account .
I opened Michelle up a new bank account .
I opened Michelle a new bank account up .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.9.

  

Figure: Declarative Ditransitive Verb Particle Tree: $\alpha$nx0Vplnx1nx2 (a), $\alpha$nx0Vnx1plnx2 (b) and $\alpha$nx0Vnx1nx2pl (c)

(a)	(b)	(c)

Other available trees:

wh-moved subject with particle before the NP's, wh-moved subject with particle between the NP's, wh-moved subject with particle after the NP's, wh-moved indirect object with particle before the NP's, wh-moved indirect object with particle after the NP's, wh-moved direct object with particle before the NP's, wh-moved direct object with particle between the NP's, subject relative clause with particle before the NP's with and without comp, subject relative clause with particle between the NP's with and without comp, subject relative clause with particle after the NP's with and without comp, indirect object relative clause with particle before the NP's with and without comp, indirect object relative clause with particle after the NP's with and without comp, direct object relative clause with particle before the NP's with and without comp, direct object relative clause with particle between the NP's with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, imperative with particle before the NP's, imperative with particle between the NP's, imperative with particle after the NP's, determiner gerund with particle before the NP's, NP gerund with particle before the NP's, NP gerund with particle between the NP's, NP gerund with particle after the NP's.