Intransitive with PP: Tnx0Vpnx1

Description:

The verbs that select this tree family are not strictly intransitive, in that they must be followed by a prepositional phrase. Verbs that are intransitive and simply can be followed by a prepositional phrase do not select this family, but instead have the PP adjoin onto the intransitive sentence. Accordingly, there should be no verbs in both this class and the intransitive tree family (see section 6.1). The prepositional phrase is not restricted to being headed by any particular lexical item. The PP is expanded to facilitate extraction of the PP-internal NP. Note that these are not transitive verb particles (see section 6.9), since the head of the PP does not move. 22 verbs select this tree family.

Examples:

grab, venture slog
Seth grabbed for the brass ring.
Jones ventured into the cave.
The soldiers slogged grudgingly through the mud.

Declarative tree:

See Figure 6.11.

{Declarative Intransitive with PP Tree: $\alpha$nx0Vpnx1

 

Other available trees:

wh-moved subject, wh-moved object of the PP, wh-moved PP, subject relative clause with and without comp, adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, object of the PP relative clause with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, imperative, determiner gerund, NP gerund, passive with by phrase, passive without by phrase, passive with wh-moved subject and by phrase, passive with wh-moved subject and no by phrase, passive with wh-moved by phrase, passive with relative clause on subject and by phrase with and without comp, passive with relative clause on subject and no by phrase with and without comp, passive with relative clause on object of the by phrase with and without comp/with PP pied-piping, passive with/without by-phrase with adjunct (gap-less) relative clause with comp/with PP pied-piping, gerund passive with by phrase, gerund passive without by phrase.