Examples | Sentences | Crashes | Derivations |
1 | A train arrived. | 4 | 4 |
2 | There arrived a train. (Sobin 2014:398) | 7 | 1 |
3 | Several prizes are likely to be awarded. (Chomsky 2001: 7) | 64 | 64 |
4 | There are likely to be several prizes awarded./?There are likely to be awarded several prizes. (Chomsky 2001: 7) | 123 | 5 |
5 | We expect several prizes to be awarded. (Chomsky 2001: 7) | 19 | 5 |
6 | We expect there to be several prizes awarded./?We expect there to be awarded several prizes. (Chomsky 2001: 7) | 31 | 1 |
7 | There is likely to arrive a man. (Chomsky 2001:16) | 123 | 5 |
8 | We expect there to arrive a man. (Chomsky 2001:16) | 31 | 1 |
9 | Several fish seem to have been caught. | 64 | 64 |
10 | There seem to have been several fish caught./?There seem to have been caught several fish. (Chomsky 2001: 17) | 119 | 9 |
11 | We expect there to have been several fish caught./?We expect there to have been caught several fish. (Chomsky 2001: 17) | 63 | 1 |
12 | Many fish are expected to be caught. (Chomsky 2001: 25) | 32 | 32 |
13 | There are many fish expected to be caught. (Chomsky 2001: 25) | 59 | 5 |
14 | There were several fish believed to have been caught./?There were believed to have been caught several fish. (Chomsky 2001: 19) | 119 | 9 |