Causatives

Certain verbs are kinda weird There's alternation between intransitive and causative But we explained how This alternation is derived From the same underlying structure There's something Called VP shells And they can help us with causatives Little vp first Head's the silent morpheme CAUS It's that specifier position where the subject of the verb is born C-selects a big VP That's itself is a small clause And the verb raises up to CAUS The big V raises up to join with CAUS With CAUS