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Stabler - Lx 185/209 2003
T
t
C
C
Semantically, the picture corresponds to the derivation as desired:
raising (from TP)
theme
Titus seem −s to praise Lavinia
Notice that the infinitival to can occur with have, be or a main verb, but not with a modal:
CP
C’
DP(1)
D’
D
Titus
v
TP
v
seem
T
t
T’
T
-s
vP
v’
T
to
Have
have
TP
T’
HaveP
Have’
DP
t(1)
V
eat
venP
ven
ven
-en
ven’
DP(0)
D
the
D’
NP
N’
N
pie
VP
V
t
V’
DP
t(0)
agent
([],[],Titus seem -s to have eat -en the pie):C
[]::=>T C (Titus,[],seem -s to have eat -en the pie):T
([],[],seem -s to have eat -en the pie):+k T,([],Titus,[]):-k
T
t
C
C
theme
-s::v==> +k T ([],seem,to have eat -en the pie):v,([],Titus,[]):-k
CP
C’
DP(1)
D’
D
Titus
v
TP
v
T
t
T’
T
seem -s
vP
v’
T
to
TP
T’
Have
have
HaveP
Have’
Been
been
seem::=T v ([],to,have eat -en the pie):T,([],Titus,[]):-k
BeenP
Been’
DP
t(1)
V
eat
212
vingP
ving
ving
-ing
ving’
to::=Have T ([],have,eat -en the pie):Have,([],Titus,[]):-k
DP(0)
D
the
D’
NP
N’
N
pie
VP
V
t
V’
DP
t(0)
have::=ven Have ([],eat -en,the pie):ven,([],Titus,[]):-k
([],eat -en,the pie):=D ven
-en::=>V =D ven (the pie,eat,[]):V
([],eat,[]):+k V,([],the,pie):-k
Titus::D -k
eat::=D +k V ([],the,pie):D -k
the::=N D -k pie::N