Prof.

Marcelo F Videtta

Grammar I

Homework: KEY

Analyse the following sentences semantically and syntactically.

1- Where do you keep the sugar?

Semantic Analysis

Predicator: keep (three-place verb)

Arguments: you, the sugar, where

Argument structure of keep: <1, 2, 3>

-Grid of keep: agent, theme, locative

Proposition: stative. «keep» describes position. Besides, there is lack of movement.

The verb denotes causative meaning.

Syntactic Representation

Movement Operation

Op C Subject T Lexical C / DO C / Adv Comp

Verb
where ØINT + do you do keep the sugar where

Head Movement

Wh-Movement

Second Functional Layer

ØINT you do keep the sugar where.

H (C)
[Int]
[+ Fin]
[TNS]
[EF] C (TP)
CP

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First Functional Layer and the Semantic Core

You do keep the sugar where.

H (T) C (N)
Tensed AUX [Neuter]
Primary AUX [Sing]
Spec (D) Expletive AUX H (V) [Common]
[Common] (DO-Support) ComplexTV H (D) [Concrete] C / Adv Comp of
[Sing] [+Fin] [- Fin] Def Art [Uncount] Place
[2nd] [- Past] Infinitive C / DO (DP) Interrogative ADV
[Nom] [EPP] C (VP)
Subject Predicate
TP

Subcategorisation frame of keep: V [-- DP ADV]

2- Whose book did he use?

Semantic Analysis

Predicator: use (two-place verb)

Arguments: he, whose book

Argument structure of use: <1, 2>

-Grid of use: agent, affected object

Proposition: dynamic. «use» is a verb that denotes a process.

Syntactic Representation

Movement Operation

Op C Subject T Lexical C / DO
Verb
whose book ØINT + did he did use whose book

Head Movement

Wh-Movement

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Second Functional Layer and the Semantic Core

ØINT he did use whose book.

H (C)
[Int]
[+ Fin]
[TNS]
[EF] C (TP)
CP

First Functional Layer and the Semantic Core

He did use whose book.

H (D) C (N)
H (T) Interrogative D [Neuter]
Tensed AUX [Common] [Sing]
Primary AUX [Sing] [Common]
Spec (D) Expletive AUX H (V) [3rd] [Concrete]
[Common] (DO-Support) MonoTV [Gen] [Count]
[Sing] [+ Fin] [- Fin] C / DO (DP)
[3rd] [+ Past] Infinitive [3rd] [Acc]
[Nom] [EPP] C (VP)
Subject Predicate
TP

Subcategorisation frame of use: V [-- DP]

3- How he deceived us!

Semantic Analysis

Predicator: deceive (two-place verb)

Arguments: he, us

Argument structure of deceive: <1, 2>

-Grid of deceive: agent, patient

Proposition: dynamic. «deceive» is a verb that denotes causative meaning.

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Syntactic Representation

Movement Operation

Op C Subject T Lexical Verb C / DO Adjunct

how ØEXCL he Ø deceived us how

Wh-Movement

Second Functional Layer

ØEXCL he deceived us how.

H (C)
[Excl]
[+ Fin]
[EF] C (TP)
CP

First Functional Layer and the Semantic Core

He Ø deceived us how.

H (V)
H (T) MonoTV C / DO (D) Adj / Adv Adj
Spec (D) Abstract Affix Hopping [Common] of Quantity
[Masc] Tense Affix Affix [Pl] (ADV)
[Sing] [+Fin] Attachement [1st] Exclamative
[3rd] [- Past] [+ Fin] [Acc] ADV
[Nom] [EPP] C (VP)
Subject Predicate
TP

Subcategorisation frame of deceive: V [-- D]