Re: THEORY: 'to say that...', 'to hope that...'

Trebor wrote:

<<Is there a specific category for verbs like 'to say that...', 'to hope
that...' etc.?>>

We had this discussion recently.   I believe I was asking for help with
Zhyler.

Anyway, I'm bound to get this wrong, but there are four types of
verbs to consider here:

(1) Subject Raising Verbs: An example is "He seems to be good", which
could also be "It seems he's good".

(2) Exceptional Case Marking (ECM) Verbs: "I believe him to be a problem."
See also: "I believe there to be a problem."

(3) Subject Control Verbs: "I promised him to buy the cat food." (Also called
an Equi construction?)
(*I* am the one buying the cat food.)

(4) Object Control Verbs: "I persuaded him to buy the cat food."
(*He* is the one buying the cat food.)

I've checked around on the internet, so I'm now sure about these sentences.
For some references, check out these sites (*especially* the first one.   I'm
going
to have to remember this site):

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~creswell/dependency/

http://www.ilc.cnr.it/EAGLES96/synlex/node57.html

http://www.ilc.cnr.it/EAGLES96/synlex/node16.html

-David
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