Re: ? how would you classify this language ?

Paul Bennett wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:08:30 -0400 (EDT), David Peterson
> <ThatBlueCat@...> wrote:
>
>> (3) That's *what I want*.   (OSV)
>
>
> Arguably, (3) is SVO, with O as a subclause and OSV in that subclause.
>
> That is (what I want)
> S    V   O
>          O    S V
AIUI, that's SVO in both clauses. The relative pronoun is considered
part of the main clause, while the relative clause has a "gap": in
English, the argument that corresponds to the relative pronoun is left out.

full sentence: That is what (I want).

main clause: That is what
               S    V   O

relative clause: I want [...]
                  S   V   (O)