Found:
Third Construction
SYNTAX: construction typical of Dutch and German in which part of an infinitival complement appears to be extraposed. EXAMPLE: in (Dutch) (i)a the infinitival complement has been extraposed in toto, but in (i)b, the so-called third construction, part of the complement (de prijs) is in situ.
(i) a Kees heeft geweigerd [de prijs in ontvangst te nemen]
b Kees heeft de prijs geweigerd [in ontvangst te nemen]
Kees has the prize refused in acceptance to take
'Kees has refused to accept the prize'
The construction in (i)b can be analyzed as a case of remnant extraposition: some element(s) - de prijs in (i)b - is (are) removed (by scrambling) from the infinitival complement, before the remnant of it is extraposed. In many cases, the remnant will only contain
the infinitival verb and the result looks like a
verb raising construction. The distinguishing
feature is the impossibility of IPP in case of a third
construction, and the fact that IPP is obligatory in case of verb raising (cf. (iii).
(ii) Jan heeft een boek geprobeerd te lezen Jan has a book tried to read (iii) Jan heeft een boek proberen te lezen 'Jan has tried to read a book'The third construction cannot be equated with VP Raising.
| LIT. | Besten, H. den & J. Rutten (1989) Rutten, J. (1991) |