Suggested Answers and Hints - Chapter 6l) In the sentence Jim took his shoes off we find a phrasal verb take off. The
main verb take occupies the V head, assigning a theme thematic role to the DP in its
specifier position and it also takes a PP complement, which consists of a mere head.
The agent DP occupies the specifier of the vP. The v head is occupied by an abstract
light verb, which is a bound morpheme requiring the main verb to adjoin to it. The
agent DP has to move to the specifier of the IP in order to receive nominative Case
from the finite I head. From the lower vP the verb moves on to the tense vP and I.
(13) CP
C'
C IP
DP 1 I'
Jim I vP
took2+3 v'
v vp
t 2 +t 3 t 1 v'
v VP
t 2 DP V'
his shoes V PP
t 2 P'
P
off