ba does not assign a theta-role to its subject, in contrast to bei. There is also no evidence that it assigns a theta-role to the NP following it.引自 The ba construction
“把”到底算不算题元指派者呢?书中认为将“把”理解为lexical verb跟preposition都有问题,提出了一个傀儡格的概念,以及它可以在动词提升未发生时插入一个CAUSE phrase中充当中心语(insert to fill the head of a CAUSE phrase when verb raising does not take place)。~好复杂的思路~
[把[NP VP]]和[[把NP]VP]都成立,说明存在不同的语义关系,那是否又得追根溯源运用重新分析?
不过书中例句有不少很挫,下举一例:
(34b)[ba zhe-kuai rou], ni xian qie-qie ba!(把这块肉,你先切切吧!)引自 The ba construction