Transitive Sentential Subject: Ts0Vnx1

Description:

The verbs that select this tree family all take sentential subjects, and are often referred to as `psych' verbs, since they all refer to some psychological state of mind. The sentential subject can be indicative (complementizer required) or infinitive (complementizer optional). 100 verbs that select this tree family.

Examples:

delight, impress, surprise
that the tea had rosehips in it delighted Christy .
to even attempt a marathon impressed Dania .
For Jim to have walked the dogs surprised Beth .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.14.

  

Figure: Declarative Sentential Subject Tree: $\alpha$s0Vnx1

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.