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Cross-Serial Dependencies
In Dutch, verbs selecting an infinitival complement (e.g. modals and perception verbs) give rise to so called cross-serial dependencies. The arguments of the verbs involved appear in the same order as the verbs in the `verb cluster':
The property of forming cross-serial dependencies is a lexical property of the matrix verb. If this verb is a `trigger' for cross-serial word order, this order is obligatory, whereas if it is not, the infinitival complement will follow the verb:
Gertjan van Noord
Fri Nov 25 16:22:41 MET 1994