Syntax I Final Exam	(Assignment 24)
Due Thursday March 18, at Noon


I.  Some derivations that you should be able to do

This section just requires that you provide derivations, with appropriate
discussion, for the following sentences.  Be sure to include complete discussion
of your reasoning about the lexical subcategorizations, the proposed deep
structures, and the transformational operations involved in the derivation of
these sentences.

(1)  Does the pig intend to pretend to fly?
(2)  Did there appear to be tabs kept on Mary's internet searches?
(3)  Harvey likes to be believed to have wanted to improve himself.
(4)  Physics, Harvey happens to be content to be persuaded to like.


II.  Tough

There is a category of adjectives called "tough-type" adjectives:

     tough
     hard
     easy
     difficult

(1)   It may be hard for you to find the answer to this question.
(2)   To find the answer to this question may be hard.
(3)   The answer to this question may be hard for you to find.
(4)   The answer to this question may be hard to find.
(5)  *You are going to find.
(6)   It is going to be hard to keep tabs on Murphy.
(7)   Murphy is going to be hard to keep tabs on.
(8)   Tabs are going to be hard to keep on Murphy.
(9)  *Tabs are going to be hard to be kept on Murphy.
(10)  Murphy is going to be hard to find a present for.
(11) *Murphy is going to be hard to find a present for Betty.
(12) *There is going to be hard to be enough beer.

Investigate sentences with "tough-type" adjectives and develop an analysis.
Be sure to make your assumptions about deep structures and transformational
rules clear.  Show how the grammatical examples in (1)-(12) are derived,
and explain why (5), (9), (11), and (12) are not generated.

HINTS:  Think about what kind of 'it' we see in (1).  What does that tell you
about the deep structure of (1)?

III.  Derivations and explanations

Give and discuss derivations for the following sentences:

(1)     No opponent turned out to be difficult for Harvey to outwit.
(2)     The results were proved to be impossible to verify.
(3)     The results proved to be impossible to verify.

HINT:  Are the 'prove's the same in (2) and (3)?

Explain why 'Harvey' and 'him' cannot be coreferent in (4):

(4)     Harvey is going to be hard to persuade to agree to paint him blue.

Be sure to justify any assumptions you make about lexical items or
structures that have not previously been established.