Basic sentence patterns: expand
Derivation by Phase (Chomsky 2001): expand
On Phases (Chomsky, 2008): expand
T-to-C Movement: Causes and Consequences. Pesetsky & Torrego (2001). expand
Explaining TH/EX (Sobin, ms.) and TH/EX, Agreement, and Case in Expletive Sentences (Sobin, Syntax: to appear). expand
Computation with doubling constituents: Pronouns and antecedents in Phase Theory. (Fong & Ginsberg, 2002). expand
Test cases from A Course in GB Syntax (Lasnik & Uriagereka,1988). expand
Arabic examples expand
Japanese examples (Miyagawa 2001) collapse
Example | Instruction stream (clickable) | Notes |
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(1a) 鬼が花子を食った
oni-ga hanako-o kuu-ta ogre-NOM hanako-ACC eat-PAST (1b) 花子を鬼が食った hanako-o oni-ga kuu-ta hanako-ACC ogre-NOM eat-PAST "The ogre ate Hanako" |
[hanako, d, kuu, 'v*', [oni, d], 'Tpast', c] | Basic subject/object scrambling.
Allow internal Merge to edge of T from either subject or object position. |
(2a) 花子がサムにメールをした
hanako-ga samu-ni mēru-o suru-ta hanako-NOM Sam-DAT mail-ACC do-PAST (2b) メールを花子がサムにした mēru-o hanako-ga samu-ni suru-ta mail-ACC hanako-NOM Sam-DAT do-PAST (2c) サムに花子がメールをした samu-ni hanako-ga mēru-o suru-ta Sam-DAT hanako-NOM mail-ACC do-PAST "Hanako sent Sam an email" |
[samu, d, suru, v, ['mēru', d], 'v*', [hanako, d], 'Tpast', c] | Ditransitive frame. No FocP. v values dative Case.
Base order: Agent Theme Goal (Assume ni-marked Goal is lower than Theme.) Undergenerates: only 3 permutations possible: (a) Agent Theme Goal, (b) Theme Agent Goal, and (c) Goal Agent Theme. |
(3a) 花子がメールをサムにした
hanako-ga mēru-o samu-ni suru-ta hanako-NOM mail-ACC Sam-DAT do-PAST (3b) メールを花子がサムにした mēru-o hanako-ga samu-ni suru-ta mail-ACC hanako-NOM Sam-DAT do-PAST (3c) サムに花子がメールをした samu-ni hanako-ga mēru-o suru-ta Sam-DAT hanako-NOM mail-ACC do-PAST (3d) 花子がサムにメールをした hanako-ga samu-ni mēru-o suru-ta hanako-NOM Sam-DAT mail-ACC do-PAST (3e) メールを花子がサムにした mēru-o hanako-ga samu-ni suru-ta mail-ACC hanako-NOM Sam-DAT do-PAST (3f) サムにメールを花子がした samu-ni mēru-o hanako-ga suru-ta Sam-DAT mail-ACC hanako-NOM do-PAST (3g) 花子がサムにメールをした hanako-ga samu-ni mēru-o suru-ta hanako-NOM Sam-DAT mail-ACC do-PAST (3h) メールをサムに花子がした mēru-o samu-ni hanako-ga suru-ta mail-ACC Sam-DAT hanako-NOM do-PAST (3i) サムに花子がメールをした samu-ni hanako-ga mēru-o suru-ta Sam-DAT hanako-NOM mail-ACC do-PAST "Hanako sent Sam an email" |
[samu, d, suru, v, ['mēru', d], 'v*', [hanako, d], foc, 'Tpast', c] | Ditransitive frame. FocP with EF above v*P.
Base order: Agent Theme Goal (Assume ni-marked Goal is lower than Theme.) Overgenerates: 9 permutations, only 6 distinct: initial 3 same as (2a-c). (3d)=(3g), (3b)=(3e), (3c)=(3i) |
Stream: | [[samu!D],[d!case!N],[suru],[v!phi],[[mēru!D],[d!case!N]],[v*!phi],[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [] |
SO: | [] |
Stream: | [[suru],[v!phi],[[mēru!D],[d!case!N]],[v*!phi],[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [] |
SO: | [d!case[samu][d]] |
Stream: | [[v!phi],[[mēru!D],[d!case!N]],[v*!phi],[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [[d!case[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [suru[d!case[samu][d]][suru]] |
Stream: | [[[mēru!D],[d!case!N]],[v*!phi],[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]] |
Stream: | [[mēru!D],[d!case!N]] |
Stack: | [] |
SO: | [] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [] |
SO: | [d!case[mēru][d]] |
Stream: | [[d!case[mēru][d]],[v*!phi],[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]] |
Stream: | [[v*!phi],[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [[d!case[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [v[d!case[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]] |
Stream: | [[[hanako!D],[d!case!N]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]] |
Stream: | [[hanako!D],[d!case!N]] |
Stack: | [] |
SO: | [] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [] |
SO: | [d!case[hanako][d]] |
Stream: | [[d!case[hanako][d]],[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]] |
Stream: | [[foc],[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d!case[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [v*[d!case[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]] |
Stream: | [[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d!case[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [foc[v*[d!case[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]] |
Stream: | [[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d!case[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [foc[d!case[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
hanako d(nom) mēru d(acc) samu d(dat) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[mēru][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[mēru][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
mēru d(acc) hanako d(nom) samu d(dat) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
samu d(dat) hanako d(nom) mēru d(acc) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d!case[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [foc[v*[d!case[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]] |
Stream: | [[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d!case[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d!case[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
hanako d(nom) mēru d(acc) samu d(dat) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[mēru][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[mēru][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
mēru d(acc) hanako d(nom) samu d(dat) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[mēru][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
samu d(dat) mēru d(acc) hanako d(nom) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[hanako][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
Stream: | [[Tpast!phi],[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d!case[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d!case[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
hanako d(nom) samu d(dat) mēru d(acc) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[mēru][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[mēru][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
mēru d(acc) samu d(dat) hanako d(nom) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[hanako][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
Stream: | [[c]] |
Stack: | [pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]] |
Stream: | [] |
Stack: | [pb,pb,[d[hanako][d]],[d[mēru][d]],[d[samu][d]]] |
SO: | [c[Tpast[d[samu][d]][Tpast[foc[d[samu][d]][foc[v*[d[hanako][d]][v*[v[d[mēru][d]][v[suru[d[samu][d]][suru]][v]]][v*]]][foc]]][Tpast]]][c]] |
samu d(dat) hanako d(nom) mēru d(acc) suru v v* foc t(past) c | (frontier) |
Step: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
Stack depth: | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |