Non-constituent coordination

[Ash Asudeh]

Berthold,

I think the sentence below is fine, but the following sentence is out for
me:

* John gave a record to Peter and Mary a book.

Similarly:

  John wrote Mary a letter and an email to Peter.
* John wrote an email to Peter and Mary a letter.

Ash

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Berthold Crysmann wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I wonder whether the following sentence is acceptable for the native
> speakers of English amongst you:
>
> John gave Mary a book and a record to Peter.
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
>
> Berthold
>
> --
> Berthold Crysmann <crysmann at dfki.de>
> Deutsches Forschungszentrum Kuenstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH
> Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
> D-66123 Saarbruecken
>
>
>