[Syntax] Raising Verbs

I introduce raising verbs and their interactions with infinitivals, case, and theta roles.
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[@yaxinliu5951]

Thank you so much. I finally understand what is raising.

[@Emily-ul9fw]

In the last example, can you explain why V 'seems' should take a CP rather than go straight to TP? I know you did it to save space in this example, but I thought it would do that anyway?

[@Trevtutor]

seems should take a CP because you can say something like "It seems that John is tired" or "It seems John is tired". In the second case, we have a null complementizer. We also need a CP so we can have raising movement. If there was no CP, then the subject of the embedded clause could not raise to the main clause.

[@Emily-ul9fw]

Thanks! I see that now, silly me!

[@minimoni6462]

So can you you give examples of control verbs and raising verbs

[@howtogame98]

This is very helpful. Does anyone have a resource that has a lot of sentences with answers that I can practice on and check?

[@DDRandDSLover]

Thank you!! Very helpful and clear

[@franciscorafaeldominguezru5156]

What does the -Q stand for ?

[@joohyunkim7762]

Hi, thanks for the video. Quick question tho. 2:38 when you move DP, “John” all the way up to the first Spec of TP, isn’t it skipping intervening heads such as the T head, V head(happened), and C head? Isn’t that a violation of Head Movement Constraints? How is that possible?

[@sot11cat]

Very good explanation! But what about “He seems very tired”? How does that “seem” assign a Θ-role to it’s subject? Are we to postulate that there is a “to be” to be supplemented, so as for the phrase to become “He seems TO BE tired”? And what about that tree? Thanks in advance!

[@squirrelsinmykoolaid]

I know this is probably 11 months too late, but I think the theta role would be coming from "tired" and not "seems". I think it's getting the experiencer role.

[@sot11cat]

@@squirrelsinmykoolaid Thanks anyway, but this explanation seems rather inadequate to me, cause I may say “He seems clever”, “She seems pretty”, “It seems ok”, It doesn’t seem fit”... What Θ-role could these adjectives or elements assign by themselves? I can’t get it how it could be explained this way. 🙄

[@squirrelsinmykoolaid]

@@sot11cat Well you can also replace seems with "is" in all of those sentences and that doesn't assign theta roles either. Pretty, Clever, and Okay in these sentences are stating things about the subject. Also after writing this I did a quick Google search and I was correct. Seems is not a verb that assigns theta roles. You can double check if you'd like.

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[@aguilerapvanina]

Raising verbs are the same as ECM verbs?

[@agustinaquintero729]

Hola vani ! No, los raising verbs son seem and appear. ECM verbs lleva un overt subject 'I want [him to study]

[@elizabethlopez7500]

May I ask if this is the same with Auxiliary Raising?

[@sebastianamado8404]

very clear!!!

[@richardzimmermann9372]

I’ll be mean 😜So you need to interpret positions as theta roles, and movement as structure sharing. In addition “theta criterion” is floating in the background. Movement in general and especially to Spec,TP is impossible to test scientifically, and then there is this obscure “movement because case” idea going on. This is not an explicit formalism, theta roles should be encoded not read off positions, and I would even say the whole approach is a bit esoteric.

[@oldisgold4800]

Thanks a bunch

[@増井秀明-x1c]

I have a question about the last part. You said the theta role is not given to John until the top of the main clause. So who gave theta role to John in this sentence? Probably the verb, "dance"?

[@fatimej2483]

What he said or meant is John gets the theta role from ‘dance’ (you’re right) and he does not get another one from the verbs: seems and appear. Johns does get the case from the finite verb

[@LekiCurbsYou]

Any idea of programs or webpages that can help me draw LFG framework structures? As in f-structures, c-structures

[@معصومههاشمی-ن9ك]

Why did not you use cp in last sentence

[@bekikua]

Hi, thank you so much for that, it helped a lot. Just one doubt: doesn't the CP usually function as a clause barrier? How come that the DP John is able to pass CP on its way up? So the need for the theta role is somewhat stronger than the CP-barrier?

[@wjosie4744]

it's not about 'the need for the theta role'. It is the need of getting Case. Only a finite T head give case. So DP John MUST be moved. If you check TrevTutor's other video like WH-movement, he mentioned that 'move out of CP if needed', i guess it's what you were questioning. In that video, DP got pulled up to Spec CP to satisfied [+wh]. I might not be answering your question directly, but i guess it's all about 'need' (yes, need is important)

[@blacknwhite6186]

Which one is the Inflectional phrase?

[@wjosie4744]

inflectional phrase IP, is also named "Tense Phrase'. So TP=IP

[@adammccarthybrown]

How does the sentence “I watched him dance” work?

[@wjosie4744]

simple.in the first CP tree: 'I' in Spec TP; '[+past]' in T; 'watch' in V; (V 'watch' takes another CP here); In the second CP tree, under the TP (which is complement/sister of C), 'him' in Spec TP; '[-past]' in T; 'dance' in V. I could be wrong, but it should be like this.

[@mossbears3288]

What does -q mean in the tree?

[@fishypal]

that the sentence is not a question

[@blacknwhite6186]

Isn't English non verb raising language?

[@georgonio2]

Yes, raising doesn't refer to the verbs, but to the DPs

[@a.....6295]

I though it was raising herbs.. damn my eyes are tricking me

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Where is her father?

[@levanahbatlila859]

Meant for the prior ad.

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[@ZapataMac]

the last example is the most confusing explanation I've seen