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Causative movements verbs1 are characterized by a construction with three main constituents, NP1 V NP2 PPloc:
Jean envoie Marie à la gare
Jean envoie Marie en quête de nouvelles
Jean envoie Marie à la gare en quête de nouvelles
Il l’y envoie.
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Melis, L. (1983). The Construction of the Infinitive with Causative Movement Verbs in French. In: Tasmowski, L., Willems, D. (eds) Problems in Syntax. Studies in Language. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2727-1_8
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