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VP Shells With Different Types of Verbs

This document discusses different types of verbs and their syntactic structures. It presents: 1) Transitive verbs with one complement that take a direct object, such as "He read a book". 2) Transitive verbs with two complements, such as ditransitive and complex transitive verbs like "They gave her a present". 3) Intransitive unergative (agentive) verbs that do not take objects, such as "He apologized". 4) Intransitive unaccusative verbs that can become transitive, such as "The ship sank" and "The storm sank the ship".

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VP Shells With Different Types of Verbs

This document discusses different types of verbs and their syntactic structures. It presents: 1) Transitive verbs with one complement that take a direct object, such as "He read a book". 2) Transitive verbs with two complements, such as ditransitive and complex transitive verbs like "They gave her a present". 3) Intransitive unergative (agentive) verbs that do not take objects, such as "He apologized". 4) Intransitive unaccusative verbs that can become transitive, such as "The ship sank" and "The storm sank the ship".

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UTN- INSPT.

Lingüística 3691
Cátedra Ravelo
JTP: Lic. Ángel Javier Coronel.

VP SHELLS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF VERBS

Transitive verbs with one complement

He read a book.
vp

DP v´
he
v VP
read+O
V DP
read a book

Transitive verbs with two complements (Ditransitive, complex-transitive, transitive + adverbial


complement, and others)

They gave her a present.

vp

DP v´
they
v VP
gave+O
DP V´
her
V DP
give a present

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UTN- INSPT. Lingüística 3691
Cátedra Ravelo
JTP: Lic. Ángel Javier Coronel.

Intransitive verbs: unergative (agentive) verbs

He apologized.

vp

DP v´
he
v V
apologized+O apologize

Intransitive verbs: unaccusative verbs

 Unaccusative ergative (which can also become transitive)

The ship sank. (The storm sank the ship)

VP

V DP
sink
D N
the ship
(DP moves to subject position)

 Unaccusative intransitive

They left.

VP

V DP
leave
D N
they 0
(DP moves to subject position)

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UTN- INSPT. Lingüística 3691
Cátedra Ravelo
JTP: Lic. Ángel Javier Coronel.

She went to school.

vp

v VP
go+O
DP V’
she
V PP
go
P DP
to
D N
O school

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