John sent Mary a book for Smith

[bingfu]

Dear netters,

	In the sentence

	"J sent M a book for S"

Who is the recipient and benefactive?
Is the sentence ambiguous.

	Is the following sentence acceptable?

	"J sent M a book to S/her hotel"

Are there any relevant discussions in the literature?

How to translate these sentences in other your native languages?

(For formalists): How do these sentences behave
with respect to anaphoric and reflexivity?

If responses are intersting enough, I will make a summary.

	Thanks
	Bingfu Lu
	USC