Sentence stimuli used during functional scanning consisted of the following grammatical constructions: actives, passives, subject-cleft, object-cleft, locatives, and datives. Examples of these sentences are shown below.

Sentence Stimuli
Sentence Type	Examples
Actives	The old dog bites the fox
	The vase smashes the heavy clock
	The slim lady drinks the water
	The child chooses the yellow sweet
Passives	The cow is chased by the fat horse
	The movie is filmed by the famous actor
	The leopard is raced by the young lion
	The wise judge is delayed by the traffic
Subject-cleft	It is the dancer that hugs the clown
	It is the cook that loves the woman
Object-cleft	It is the pig that the boy pushes
	It is the bull that the donkey kicks
Locatives	The red pencil is on the paper
	The large cup is in the box
Datives	Hold the party on the jungle island
	Give the letter to the tall stranger