Suggested answer for Exercise 9
exp = experiencer; prop = proposition;
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In sentence *2) the DP one of the big parties is base-generated as the subject of the verb win in the lowest clause, so it is the argument of the verb win and receives its theta-role from the verb win. In sentence (5) the subject position is filled by an expletive pronoun, which again has no theta-role and thus it is no argument either.