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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 6.31.

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

 

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


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