Grammatical Function-Changing Magic Show

Roll up, roll up for the greatest morpho­syntax magic show of all time. The Great Predicato will, before your very eyes, make appear and/or disappear any number of arguments of a verbal or other predicate—by magic!

See the Great Predicato take a bi-clausal Beautiful Assistant such as the lovely, raven-haired Miss The-Students-Read-The-Text-Because-The-Teacher-Told-Them-To, wave his magic wand and transform her into a mono-clausal causative with short strawberry blonde hair, Miss The-Teachers-Made-The-Students-Read-The-Text. Amazing!

Or, as at his last scintillating show, watch with wonder as an unaccusative volunteer such as Mr The-Window-Broke comes on stage. The Great Predicato mutters the magic formula and immediately, an agentive subject demotes Mr The-Window-Broke to object position and the audience gasps with wonder to see a transformed Mr Tim-Broke-The-Window standing before them. Incredible!

The Great Predicato’s card tricks are the marvel of the world. See him offer a pack of Active cards to volunteer from the audience. Then, simply by tapping his wand on the top hat of Be + past participle and uttering the magic formula Demotus Agentivus Subjectivus, Promotus Objectivus, the Great Predicato will reveal that the card selected has been transformed into the Passive of Spades. Unbelievable!

Breaking News

The Great Predicato has just announced his new show. He will be touring eastern Siberia with his all-new Antipassive Show for the Evenki people. Tickets are limited, so buy now online!

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