Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Exercise 2

f Kevin killed Karen.

agent and patient arguments

Karen was killed by Kevin.

 transitive

vP

DP v'

Kevin v VP

kill 1 v DP V'

e Karen V

t 1

g Ben brought a bulldog for Betty.

three arguments

 multiple complement verb

vP

DP v'

Ben v vP

bring 1 v v'

e v VP

t 1 DP V'

a bulldog V PP

t 1 for Betty