Two that we will consider here are ergative and unaccusative verbs. The basic one each assign a single argument. Given the binary V -- VP1 -- VP2 hypothesis, an unaccusative verb assigns its argument ...

Here, we will replace S with TP, the maximal level of the projection of T (tense).: One of the difference between an unaccusative verb and an ergative verb, is that the NP must raise if the verb is an ...