Examples:
Most recent run: Sept 16th 2023.
| Example | Stream of heads (click + ⇇Send) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| (1) John saw Mary | [mary, d, see, 'v*', [john, d], 'Tpast', c] | One derivation.
Transitive sentence: v* values acc Case, has edge θ-position. |
| (2) John runs | [run, 'v_unerg', [john, d], 'T', c] | One derivation.
Unergative sentence: vunerg has an edge θ-position. |
| (3) A man arrives | [man, a, arrive, 'v~unacc', 'T' ,c] | One derivation.
Unaccusative sentence: v~unacc values θ and has an edge feature. (See Sobin examples.) |
| (4) There arrived a man | [man, a, arrive,'v~unacc', there, 'Tpast', c] | One derivation.
Expletive unaccusative construction: v~unacc values θ and edge feature satisfied by Merge of there. |
| (5) John was arrested | [john, d, arrest, prt, 'v~', 'Tpast' ,c] | One derivation.
Passive sentence: v* replaced by v~ and prt. v~ values θ. (See Sobin examples.) Passive participle prt has unvalued Case and ɸ. (See Derivation by Phase examples.) |
| (6) Who saw John? | [john, d, see, 'v*', [who, q], 'Tpast', c_Q] | One derivation.
Subject wh-question: CQ has unvalued Wh and T (simultaneously) valued by corresponding features on who. (See Pesetsky & Torrego examples.) |
| (7) What does John see? | [what:n, q, see, 'v*', [john, d], 'T', c_Q] | One derivation.
Object wh-question: CQ has unvalued Wh and T valued from what and (head of) T, respectively. (See Pesetsky & Torrego examples.) |
| (8) Who arrived? | [who, q, arrive,'v~unacc', 'Tpast', c_Q] | One derivation.
Unaccusative wh-question: CQ Wh and T simultaneously valued by who. (See Pesetsky & Torrego examples.) |