SIVO: 24

Phillip Potamites

March 2, 2008

SIVO the king shall slay the dragon

SIOV the king shall the dragon slay
SOVI the king the dragon shall slay
SOIV the king the dragon slay shall
SVOI the king slay the dragon shall
SVIO the king slay shall the dragon
ISVO shall the king slay the dragon
ISOV shall the king the dragon slay
IOVS shall the dragon slay the king
IOSV shall the dragon the king slay
IVOS shall slay the dragon the king
IVSO slay shall the king the dragon
VISO slay shall the king the dragon
VIOS slay shall the dragon the king
VOSI slay the dragon the king shall
VOIS slay the dragon shall the king
VSOI slay the king the dragon shall
VSIO slay the king shall the dragon
OIVS the dragon shall slay the king
OISV the dragon shall the king slay
OSVI the dragon the king slay shall
OSIV the dragon the king shall slay
OVSI the dragon slay the king shall
OVIS the dragon slay shall the king

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 SIVO the king must rule the kingdom MdE, Ch, MdFr
SIOV the king must the kingdom rule Matr. Ger, Matrix Dut
SOVI the king the kingdom rule must Emb. Ger, Emb. Dut
SOIV the king the kingdom must rule OE1p
SVOI the king rule the kingdom must L2?1
SVIO the king rule must the kingdom OE2
ISVO must the king rule the kingdom MdE-Qu, Emb. Ice, Welsh
ISOV must the king the kingdom rule OE3
IOVS must the kingdom rule the king
IOSV must the kingdom the king rule
IVOS must rule the kingdom the king
IVSO rule must the king the kingdom
VISO rule must the king the kingdom
VIOS rule must the kingdom the king
VOSI rule the kingdom the king must
VOIS rule the kingdom must the king
VSOI rule the king the kingdom must
VSIO rule the king must the kingdom
OIVS the kingdom must rule the king
OISV the kingdom must the king rule V2 (Ger,Dut,OE4 )
OSVI the kingdom the king rule must
OSIV the kingdom the king must rule OE5p
OVSI the kingdom rule the king must
OVIS the kingdom rule must the king

• L21 : SVOI: cf. Hulk (1991) (p. 17), who cite Schwartz and Tomasello as claiming “SVOI is
not a possible word order of natural languages”, although Hulk found that 13% of her first
grade Dutch learners of French guessed the following to be acceptable French, though it’s
NOT; I think it has rather a nice ring:
(1) Je crois que Jean mangeé les fraises a
I believe that Jean eaten the strawberries has

Van Kemenade (cf. citation OE2 ) also argues on the basis that the above word order does
not appear in OE.
• OE1p : SOIV: Pintzuk (1999), p. 29, ex. 12:

(2) þæt he þæt godes hus wolde mid fyre forbærnan

that he the god’s house would with fire burn
“... that he would burn the house of God with fire ...” (ÆLS 25.613-614)

• OE2 : SVIO: Pintzuk (1999), p. 25, ex. 7:

(3) þæt ænig mon atellan mæge ealne þone demm
that any man relate can all the misery
“... that any man can relate all the misery ...” (Or 52.6-7)

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 • OE3 : ISOV: Pintzuk (1999), p. 21, ex. 3:
(4) hæfde se cyning his fierd on tu tonumen
had the king his army in two divided
“The king had divided his army in two...” (ChronA 84.31 (894))

• OE4 : SIOV: Pintzuk (1999), p. 23, ex. 5:

(5) þæt nan mann ne mihte Da meniu geriman
that no man not could the multitude count
“... that no man could count the multitude ...” (ÆLS 25.418)

• OE5p : OSIV: Pintzuk (1999), p. 29, ex. 13:

(6) þæt hiene mon wolde mid þæm ilcan wrence beþridian
that him one would with the same strategy overpower
“... that one would overpower him with the same strategy ...” (Or. 155.1-2)

References
Hulk, Aafke (1991) “Parameter setting and the acquisition of word order in L2 French,” Second
Language Research, 7(1), 1–34.

Pintzuk, Susan (1999) Phrase Structures in Competition, Garland, New York.