Examples:
| Example | Instruction stream (clickable) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| (5)(ii) Of which car did they find the driver?
Which car did they find the driver of? |
[car, which, of, driver, the, find, 'v*', [they, d], 'Tpast', c_Q] | Optional pied-piping: two derivations. |
| (6)(ii) *Of which car did the driver cause a scandal? | [scandal, a, cause, 'v*', [car, which, of, driver, the],'Tpast', c_Q] | Subject island.
Crashes as cQ cannot access wh-DP which car. wh-DP on the stack is blocked by stack entry the driver of which car. Constraint: if [A .. [B ..]] is pushed onto the stack, and [B ..] from a substream is already on the stack, A subsumes B and renders B unavailable on the stack. [Implementation: a subconstituent check is performed whenever something is pushed on the stack. B is removed from the stack.] |
| (7)(ii) Of which car was the driver awarded a prize?
Which car was the driver of awarded a prize? |
[car, which, of, driver, the, [prize, a, 'G2'], award, prt, 'v~', 'Tpast', c_Q] | Chomsky: Parallel extraction to edge of cQ and T.
Implementation: assume pair-merge for the driver of which car (object) and a prize (adjunct). Assume also that the adjunct doesn't pied-pipe here. [Normally pair-merged SOs do move together. G2 has feature no_pied_pipe, which blocks it from being placed on the stack.] cQ targets of which car T targets TOS the driver of which car. Optional pied-piping: two derivations. |