(44) Can a passivized verb be fronted together with a subject in a periphrastic/modal construction when it is contrasted or given?
a) Given subject
Prompt: To whom was the book given?
*Given the book was to Mary.
*The book given was to Mary.
or
Prompt: The book was certainly given to Mary.
*No! Given the book was to Jane.
*No! The book given was to Jane.
or
Prompt: The book needs to be given to Mary and …
*given the book will be to Mary.
*the book given will be to Mary.
German
Das Buch gestohlen ist mir noch nie worden
the.ACC book stolen is me yet never been
'The book has never been stolen from me.'