(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.'