Intransitive Sentential Subject: Ts0V

Description:

Only the verb matter selects this tree family. The sentential subject can be indicative (complementizer required) or infinitive (complementizer optional).

Examples:

matter
to arrive on time matters considerably .
that Joshi attends the meetings matters to everyone .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.30.

  

Figure: Declarative Intransitive Sentential Subject Tree: $\alpha$s0V

Other available trees:

wh-moved subject, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping.