The Category P Features, Projections, Interpretation

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(111) dan [ VP hevi et ha-oto] [ leNP le-tikun]
Dan [ VP brought the car] [ PP to repair]
(111) says that ‘The purpose of the event of bringing the car is that the car be
repaired’. Thus it seems reasonable to suggest that (111) is interpreted as a complex
event (by the PART-OF relation). More specifically, in (111) the PART-OF relation
relates the pur(e 1 ) (purpose of e 1 ) and the event argument of the secondary predicate
( le NP/PP) (112):
(112) λe. ∃e 1 ∃e 2 [e= ↑(e 1 Ue 2 ) ∧ PART-OF (pur(e 1 ),(e 2 )]
I propose further that object-orientedness of the le NP/PP in the OPC can be
derived, based on the distinction observed in Faraci (1974:78) between intentional
PCs and functional PCs. Faraci notes that the notion ‘purpose’ is ambiguous. It can be
interpreted either as the intention of a participant (the participant’s purpose in doing
something, as in Dan arrived to read his new poems), or it can be interpreted as the
function of a participant (the purpose of a participant in some event, as in The chair is
there to sit on). The OPC has the function interpretation, i.e. the OPC is not about the
intention of a participant, but rather about the purpose of some action regarding a
participant. A thematic role associated with a participant which undergoes some
action is Theme (realized as the direct object). Given this and the constraint that a
secondary predicate has to share an argument with the matrix one, object-orientedness
of the le NP/PP in the OPC follows.
Thus, we can summarize the proposal in section 5.5 as follows. In the OPC the
predicative constituent ( le NP/PP) is a secondary predicate, adjoined to some
projection of the matrix V. It is interpreted as part of a complex event, where its e
argument defines the purpose of the event denoted by the verb. The external slot of
the le NP/PP is discharged by the internal argument of the matrix verb.
In the TC the le NP/PP is an obligatory adjunct. Its e variable is modified by the
internal semantic argument of the tough A, resulting in a complex AP predicate with
an external argument slot. The latter is discharged by the subject of the TC.