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250 The syntax of early EnglishAppendix Bsubjectconstr.VinfNPNPVinfob-pass.Verbfor ject Vfor inf(cat. in cor- full in- ␀ to to con- NP wh ␀ to to pure subj.Visser) pus verb an. an. inf inf inf ing str. inf cl. rest pron topic inf inf inf inf constr.ask Br 13IV CA 79 2 2 1 1 2PL 66 8 1MA 157 1 xcharge CA 3 2 xVIII PL 14 8 x 1MA 12 13 x 1command CA 5 2 x 2VIII PL 12 22 18 4 1 1 x 1MA 33 43 1? 42 2 2 2 x 5desire CA 33 3 1 1 1 1 2 6VI PL 32 48 x 19 3 13 3 x 15 4MA 30 6 x 11 9 2 x 12grant CA 30 3 x x 1V PL 43 7 x 7 6 1 x 1MA 46 4 x 3 3 x 3license V PL 1 2 x 1 1order VIIIdoes not occur as such in any text, in the PL only in the sense of ‘arrange’ordain CA 48 2 1 1IV PL 14 1 1 x 1MA 34 5 1? x 3 3 1 2pray 2 CA 69 18 13 5 4 1 2 1 x 5IV PL 13 120 117 3 5 2 3 4 1MA 28 132 127 5require PL 20 6 x 1IV MA 32 39 38 1 1 1 x 1warn CA 7XI PL 9 6 x 2MA 22 3 xNotes to Appendix B:1This category contains the following subtypes indicated by square brackets:[a] equivocal between an imperative and a bare-infinitive subject construction;[b] equivocal between an imperative, a bare-infinitive subject construction, and a (that)-clause;[c] hybrid: that-clause and to-infinitive combined;[d] hybrid: combination of the infinitival marker to and a finite verbal form;[e] equivocal between an imperative and a bare-infinitive object construction;[f] hybrid of the type: I prey to Jesu preserve you and yours.2The count does not include pray in the sense of ‘to say one’s prayers’.3The NP God or to God is frequently found as a kind of interjection between pray and the clause.