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== Functional Control ==
== Complement Clauses ==


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(1) Ingrid tried to buy olives
[[File:Ingrid-tried-to-buy-olives-cs.JPG | 500px]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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(2) Ingrid buys olives <br>
(3) *Ingrid tried buys olives
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In this unit, we will extend the grammar to license sentences with verbs like 'try' and 'seems' which have interesting properties.
==''try (Control verb)''==
Notation:
In the exercises of this unit, we will have to implement '''Control''': this means that a GF of the higher verb and the SUBJ of the higher verb's XCOMP are identical.
In XLFG, this is written as follows:
* (↑SUBJ) = (↑XCOMP SUBJ);  means: the SUBJ of the higher verb and the XCOMP's SUBJ are identical.
* (↑OBJ) = (↑XCOMP SUBJ);  means: the OBJ of the higher verb and the XCOMP's SUBJ are identical.
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 9.1 </span>
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* On the basis of pages 102-103 in the textbook, make all the additions to the grammar that are necessary to yield the following outputs for sentence (1):
(1) Ingrid tried to buy olives.
[[File:Ingrid-tried-to-buy-olives-cs.JPG | 500px]] <br>
[[File:Ingrid-tried-to-buy-olives-fs.JPG | 1000px]]
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Implement the following grammatical assumptions:
* 'to' (the infinitive marker): assume that it is marked [IM:+].
* 'buy': [VFORM:INF]
Make sure that your grammar makes the correct predictions for the sentences below:
(2) Ingrid buys olives <br>
(3) *Ingrid tried buys olives
==''seem (Raising verb)''==
Notation:
The verb ''seem'' differs from the verb ''try'' in that ''seem'' does not assign a semantic role to its SUBJ. This is the first time we encounter such verbs. In XLFG, GFs that the predicate does not assign a role to are written between the closing > and the final apostrophe, as follows:
* PRED:'X<...><span style="color: red>Y</span>'
Meaning of the line above: the GFs listed in ... are assigned semantic roles by the predicate, but the grammatical function <span style="color: red>Y</span> is not.
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 9.2 </span>
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* On the basis of pages 104-108 in the textbook, make all the additions to the grammar that are necessary to yield the following outputs for sentence (4):
(4) Ingrid seemed to buy olives.
[[File:Ingrid-seemed-to-buy-olives-cs.JPG | 500px]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[[File:Ingrid-seemed-to-buy-olives-fs.JPG | 500px]]
==''persuade (Object control verb)''==
''try'' and ''seem'' are subject control (raising verbs), because the controller of the lower subject is the higher '''subject'''. But, objects can control as well. One verb where that is the case is ''persuade''.
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 9.3 </span>
Make all the changes to your current grammar so that it licenses the representations below:
(5) Ingrid persuaded Fred to buy olives.
[[File:Ingrid-persuaded-Fred-to-buy-olives.cs.JPG | 1000px]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[[File:Ingrid-persuaded-Fred-to-buy-olives.fs.JPG | 500px]]
[[File:Ingrid-persuaded-Fred-to-buy-olives-as.JPG | 500px]]
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Make sure that your grammar makes the correct predictions for the sentences below:
(2) Ingrid buys olives <br>
(3) *Ingrid persuaded Fred buys olives
==''expect(Object raising verb)''==
''expect'' is an object raising verb.
<span style="color: blue>Exercise 9.4 </span>
Make all the changes to your current grammar so that it licenses the representations below:
(5) Ingrid expected Fred to buy olives.
[[File:Ingrid-expected-Fred-to-buy-olives-cs.JPG | 1000px]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[[File:Ingrid-expected-Fred-to-buy-olives-fs.JPG | 500px]]
[[File:Ingrid-expected-Fred-to-buy-olives-as.JPG | 500px]]
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