- Map-Legend:
- fronting
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech | 43 | a | fronting | 0.5 | NA | |
| Finnish | 43 | a | fronting | 0.5 | ||
| Gagauz | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Hungarian | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Standard Mandarin | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | NA | |
| Marathi | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Kannada | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Polish | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Slovene | 43 | a | fronting | 0.5 | ||
| English | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 43 | a | fronting | 1 | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 43 | a | fronting | 0.5 | NA |
(43) Can the verb be fronted together with all objects in a periphrastic/modal con-struction 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 give the book to Mary?
Give the book to Mary, John will/must __.
or
Prompt: Bill will/must certainly give the book to Mary tomorrow.
*No! Give the book to Mary Bill will/must __ only next week.
or
Prompt: Bill wanted to give a book to Mary, and …
*give a book to Mary Bill will/must __.
German
Das Buch der Maria stehlen wird Bill __.
the.ACC book the.DAT Mary steal will Bill