Practical Grammar 15

expect(Object raising verb)

expect is an object raising verb.

Exercise 9.4

Make all the changes to your current grammar so that it licenses the representations below:

(5) Ingrid expected Fred to buy olives.

   

4. The most complex task is to encode the control behavior of the different verbs. We need statements to the effect that the subject (or object) of the higher verb controls (= is identical) to the subject of the XCOMP. For that, we need to add special equations to the lexical entries of control verbs, which are of the general form:

(↑ GF) = (↑ XCOMP SUBJ);

where GF is either SUBJ or OBJ. In the first case we get:

(↑ SUBJ) = (↑ XCOMP SUBJ);

This means, informally: my subject is identical to my XCOMP's SUBJ. In other words, this encodes subject control. Object control works the same. Remember to use the arrows from the XLFG editor rather than those from your keyboard!

Exercise 10.1 Controlled infinitive complement clauses

1. Go to https://147.210.117.56 and log in.
2. Open Grammar XXX.

6. Parse and make sure that all 6 sentences come out as grammatical.

• Go to https://xlfg.labri.fr/.
• Create a new project and copy your previous grammar into your new project.
• On the basis of pages 102-108 in the textbook, make all the additions to the grammar that are necessary to yield the following o

(1) Ingrid tried to buy olives

   

Make sure that your grammar makes the correct predictions for the sentence below:

(2) Ingrid buys olives
(3) *Ingrid tried buys olives