Intermediate
Syntax Intermediate
Syntax
Week 6:Agreement, Voice - passive Voice
Agreement
verb agrees with its subject
demonstrative with head noun
universal
percolation
Passive
operator
[±Pass] (passive)
[+Pass]
[+Bound]
Lowers
V is host
morpheme = [+Weak]
function: to bring prominence to object
object must raise to subject for prominence
object cannot be marked for Case
hence, verb fails to assign Acc Case to object
object raises
what happens to 2nd object?
it has no Case
it cannot move to subject position
the P by is inserted which assigns Acc Case.
This complement is a secondary complement.
