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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 14), 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 6.7.
- {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.
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