Ditransitive: Tnx0Vnx2nx1

Description:

This tree family is selected by verbs that take exactly two NP complements. The apparent ditransitive alternates involving verbs in this class and benefactive PP's (e.g. John baked a cake for Mary) are analyzed as transitives (see section 6.3) with a PP adjunct. Benefactives are taken to be adjunct PP's because they are optional (e.g. John baked a cake vs. John baked a cake for Mary). 167 verbs select the ditransitive tree family.

Examples:

ask, cook, win
Christy asked Mike a question .
Doug cooked his father dinner .
Dania won her sister a stuffed animal .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.4.

{Declarative Ditransitive Tree: $\alpha$nx0Vnx2nx1

 

Other available trees:

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 and without comp, indirect object relative clause with and without comp, 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 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, passive with relative clause on the indirect object 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, gerund passive without by phrase.