Контроль в инфинитивной целевой конструкции при глаголах принести и взять в русском языке

Вопросы языкознания. 2025. № 4. С. 77–96.

Fedorov D.

In the article I look at conjunctionless purpose infinitive usages with verbs prinesti ‘bring’ and vz’at’ ‘take’ in the matrix position in Russian. At first, it is unclear whether the expressed object is a dependent of the matrix verb or the embedded verb, and whether the two verbs form a single predicative complex or each constitute a clause. In the work I demonstrate the results of syntactic tests regarding the monoclausality/biclausality of the construction. The data provided speaks in favour of the biclausality of the constructions, and suggests that the object resides in the dependent clause. Such a configuration can be called “object-to-object backward control”, and it has previously never been documented neither in literature on control nor in literature on purpose clauses. The control of the infinitival subject is also non-trivial. The choice between non-obligatory and subject control depends on the argument structure of both verbs and on their lexical semantics. Finally, I give a possible explanation for the emergence of the construction through merging of the verbs from the GIVE and TAKE frames and purpose constructions with motion verbs.

Keywords: русский язык, контроль, control, Russian language, инфинитив, Infinitive, backward control, обратный контроль, purpose clauses, целевые клаузы