- Map-Legend:
- fronting
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ika | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | NA | |
| Bernese German | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | NA | |
| Czech | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | NA | |
| Finnish | 42 | a | fronting | 0.5 | ||
| Gagauz | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Hungarian | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Mopan Maya | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | NA | |
| Kannada | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Polish | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Slovene | 42 | a | fronting | 0.5 | ||
| Standard German | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 42 | a | fronting | 1 | NA |
(42) Can the verb be fronted together with the direct object in a periphrastic/modal construction when it is contrasted or given?
As in questions (2) and (4), please make sure the sentence contains a finite and a non-finite verb. The finite verb can be a tense auxiliary, a modal verb, or else.
a) Given verb
Prompt: Who will/must steal the book?
Steal the book, Bill will/must __.
or
Prompt: Bill will/must certainly steal the book from Mary.
*No! Steal the book Bill will/must from __ Jane.
or
Prompt: Bill wanted to steal a book from Mary, and …
*steal a book Bill will/must __ from Mary.
German
Das Buch stehlen wird Bill der Maria.
the.ACC book steal will Bill the.DAT Maria