DescriptionTough Movement Object-to-Subject Raising X-bar.png
English: An X-bar theory phrase structure tree of the sentence 'Bill is difficult for John to hit,' which illustrates tough movement, analyzed here as object-to-subject raising out of the embedded clause and to the main clause. The sentence is taken from Peter Rosenbaum's 1965 PhD thesis "The Grammar of English Predicate Complement Constructions" (page 194).
Español: Un diagrama usando la teoría X-bar de la estructura frasal de la oración inglés «Bill is difficult for John to hit» (que significa «Bill es difícil para que Juan pegue») que muestra movimiento tough como levantamiento del objeto de la clausula subordinada a la posición del sujeto de la oración. La oración viene de página 194 de "The Grammar of English Predicate Complement Constructions" por Peter Rosenbaum (1965).
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X-bar theory phrase structure tree of a sentence in English showing ''tough'' movement as object-to-subject raising
Diagrama usando la teoría X-bar de la estructura frasal de una oración en inglés que muestra movimiento ''tough'' como levantamiento del objeto al sujeto