11:31 May 1, 2011
oh, yes! Sorry! I thought I had written them, but...ok, here they are:
(5) a. I got the cats some medicine.
b. #I got the rats some poison. (Intended interpretation: I plan to use
the poison to kill the rats.)
(6) a. Claudine is mixing the neighbor a potion to cure him.
b. #Claudine is mixing the neighbor a potion to murder him.
This argument structure construction entails that the actor obtain the theme in some way with the intention of transferring it to the intended recipient, but it does not entail that the intended recipient receive the theme. The a. versions of (5) and (6) might unproblematically be followed by a report of lost medecine or a spilled potion. | 
The translation workplace 
