Table 2.

Experimental conditions and sample stimuli for Experiment 2. NP = noun phrase; V = verb.

Condition (prime–target pair)	Prime verb	Target sentence
Transitive prime–transitive target	choose	The man is rolling a tire.
	[NPagent[V NPtheme]]	[NPagent[V NPtheme]]
Unaccusative prime–transitive target	bloom	The man is rolling a tire.
	[NPtheme [V]]	[NPagent[V NPtheme]]
Unaccusative prime–unaccusative target	bloom	The tire is rolling.
	[NPtheme [V]]	[NPtheme [V]]
Transitive prime–unaccusative target	choose	The tire is rolling.
	[NPagent[V NPtheme]]	[NPtheme [V]]