Simple wh-example sentences

  1. Who disappeared? (Unaccusative)
  2. *Disappeared who?
  3. *There disappeared who?
  4. *Who there disappeared?
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  5. Who sees Mary? (Subject/pres)
  6. Who saw Mary? (Subject/past)
  7. *Who see Mary? (Subject/nonf)
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    Do-support (EXT)
  8. Who does Mary like? (Object/pres)
  9. *Who does Mary likes?
  10. Who did Mary like? (Object/pst)
  11. *Who did Mary likes?
  12. *Who did Mary liked?
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    No do-support (EXT)
  13. *Who Mary likes? (Object/pres)
  14. *Who Mary like? (Object/nonf)
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    LEX access example
  15. (*)Who did Mary saw? (Garden Path: two senses of saw)