Syntax II	Spring 2016
Assignment 18	Due Friday May 27

WH Clefts II

PART 0

For starters, state clearly what your analysis of the WH-Cleft construction is,
based on your own work and class discussions.


PART 1

Explicate the following.

(15)	What all the children did is a mystery.
(16)	What the children all did is a mystery.
(17)	*What the children did is all a mystery.
(18)	What all the children did scared me.
(19)	What the children all did scared me.
(20)	*What the children did all scared me.
(21)	What all the children did was get in the tub at the same time.
(22)	What the children all did was get in the tub at the same time.
(23)	What the children did was all get in the tub at the same time.

To do this you will have to develop a theory about where 'all' can occur.


PART 2

Now explicate the following.

(24)	What he is is important to him.
(25)	What he is is important to himself.
(26)	What they are doing is amusing them.
(27)	What they are doing is amusing themselves.
(28)	What Sally is is worth being.
(29)	What Sally is is proud.
(30)	What they were doing was washing them.
(31)	What they were doing was washing each other.

PART 3

Explain:

(32)	What John wants the company to do is fire him(*self).
(33)	What the company wants John to do is fire him(self).
(34)	What he wants the company to do is fire John.

PART 4

Investigate the usual questions about unbounded dependencies.