Intransitive with Adjective: Tnx0Vax1

Description:

The verbs that select this tree family take an adjective as a complement. The adjective may be regular, comparative, or superlative. It may also be formed from the special class of adjectives derived from the transitive verbs (e.g. agitated, broken). See section 6.3). Unlike the Intransitive with PP verbs (see section 6.11), some of these verbs may also occur as bare intransitives as well. This distinction is drawn because adjectives do not normally adjoin onto sentences, as prepositional phrases do. Other intransitive verbs can only occur with the adjective, and these select only this family. The verb class is also distinguished from the adjective small clauses (see section 6.21) because these verbs are not raising verbs. 34 verbs select this tree family.

Examples:

become, grow, smell
The greenhouse became hotter .
The plants grew tall and strong .
The flowers smelled wonderful .

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.14.

{Declarative Intransitive with Adjective Tree: $\alpha$nx0Vax1

 

Other available trees:

wh-moved subject, wh-moved adjective (how), subject relative clause with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, imperative, NP gerund.