The Syntax of the Verb Phrase​: From There-S to DOC and POC and their representations

The syntax of
the verb
phrase
There Sentences, Locative Inversion, Double Object
Construction vs. Prepositional Object Construction

, There surtaxes :




Inside and outside verbals:

Inside ub our DP meat to V.


there arrived a
group of students .




DP


There the
was a man in
doorway .




pp pp




Outside ✓ → the DP after the PP .




There own into the room a_boy .




PP NP
2

→ more aoonmouiuod order .




lbnungatives → the urge
to do Sruthi -


.




Agent most of the times .




CANNOT appear in THERE
-


G i




→ THERE is an EXPLETIVE SUBJECT .




-


→
the real S can be found eaten air the sentence .




The structure of a basic tree :


JP there eimgend the → JP

vanilla
'

31 Scent
of .

There 3


5 UP
30 UP
-
ed
'
v
spec '

spec V


v0 DP

v0 DP
linger the scent of
variola .

, There was a
laptop / SP → Inside verbal

'
on the desk . There J


3° UP
-
5
→ 2 must
arguments so we
'
'
have 2V ✓



'

v pp
on the desk


v0 pp
be a laptop .




There
neuroanatomy
/ JP


introit '
there J
'
→
2v
3° UP
-
ed

'
✓



'

✓ pp
in the ro o m




v0 DP
remain a
boy


there stood # / JP


③ the table /
There '
' 3
v
prep
→ →



^ go UP
I
pp
-
ed
✓
'
v



v
'
pp
on the table .




v0 DP
stand a loup