Table 3.
N | Sentence type | Example |
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1 | Long Passives | The boy was shaved by the man in the barbershop |
2 | Short Passives | The boy was shaved by the man (a) |
The boy was shaved in the barbershop (b) | ||
3 | Actives with unaccusative verbs | The woman was falling on the stairs |
4 | Actives with transitive verbs | The boy was shaving the man in the barbershop |
5 | Object Cleft | It was the boy who the man shaved |
6 | Object Wh-question | Who was the boy shaving? |
7 | Pronominal Structure | The man knew that the boy shaved him |