Table 1.
An example of experimental sentences is provided for each condition.
| Condition | |
|---|---|
| (1) V-NP-subject | Il poliziotto (S) che arresta i ladri (O) registra i nomi. The policeman (S) that arrests the thieves (O) registers the names. |
| (2) V-NP-object∗ | I ladri (O) che arresta il poliziotto (S) attendono in macchina. The thieves (O) that arrests the policeman (S) wait in the car. |
| (3) NP-V-subject∗ | Il poliziotto (S) che i ladri (O) arresta registra i nomi. The policeman (S) that the thieves (O) arrests registers the names. |
| (4) NP-V-object | I ladri (O) che il poliziotto (S) arresta attendono in macchina. The thieves (O) that the policeman (S) arrests wait in the car. |
English translations are presented in italics. The target noun is underlined and subject/object roles are indicated in parentheses. The asterisk (∗) marks those conditions which are morphosyntactic violations in English.