The objective with participle II construction. § 128. This construction shows that the action expressed by participle II is (or was) performed not by the person denoted by the nominal part due to the

§ 128. This construction shows that the action expressed by participle II is (or was) performed not by the person denoted by the nominal part due to the passive meaning of participle II for most verbs. However after the verbs to have, to get, to want participle II may denote an action performed at the request of the person denoted by the nominal part.

The objective with participle II construction can be attached to verbs of four semantic groups.

1. Verbs of sense perception (to see, to hear, to feel, to watch):

We heard the door shut.

They watched him examined by the doctor.

I heard my name echoed in the distance.

2. A few verbs of mental activity (to think, to believe, to consider, to remember).

At first she thought Johnny killed.

3. Verbs of wish.

Nobody wanted it done in such a way.

4. The causative verbs to have and to get. With these verbs the construc­tion means that the action of

participle II is done for the benefit of the person expressed by the nominal part of the construction.

How do you think the men would have their wounds dressed, get themselves washed, have their beds

made if nobody worked on a Sunday?

The objective with participle construction attached to the verbs of this group cannot be transformed into object clauses because these verbs do not take object that- clauses.

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