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'''Tensed-S Condition''' (TSC) is one of the conditions on [[transformation]]s proposed by Chomsky (1973). It states that [[extraction]] out of a tensed sentence is impossible, and is formulated as

No rule can involve X,Y in the structure ...X...[a...Y...]...
where a is a tensed sentence

=== Example ===

The TSC accounts for the contrast in (i) and (ii). In (i) passivization involves NP-movement out of an infinitival (i.e. non-tensed) clause, while in (ii) the same NP is moved out of the tensed counterpart, violating the TSC.

(i) John is believed [t to be ill]
(ii) *John is believed [(that) is ill]
(iii) who do you believe [S' COMP [S I met t]]

''Wh''-movement in (iii) can violate the TSC, because ''wh''-movement involves the COMP-position which (by definition) is an [[escape hatch]]. In later work the TSC has also been referred to as PIC (Propositional Island Condition) or NIC (Nominative Island Condition). More recently, the TSC has been subsumed under the [[binding]] conditions for anaphors (including NP-traces), through the definition of [[governing category]].

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Tensed-S+Condition&lemmacode=145 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York.
* Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.
* Chomsky, N. 1973. ''Conditions on transformations,'' in: S.R. Anderson & P. Kiparsky, A festschrift for Morris Halle, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.

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 The TSC accounts for the contrast in (i) and (ii). In (i) passivization involves NP-movement out of an infinitival (i.e. non-tensed) clause, while in (ii) the same NP is moved out of the tensed counterpart, violating the TSC.
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 ''Wh''-movement in (iii) can violate the TSC, because ''wh''-movement involves the COMP-position which (by definition) is an [[escape hatch]]. In later work the TSC has also been referred to as PIC (Propositional Island Condition) or NIC (Nominative Island Condition). More recently, the TSC has been subsumed under the [[binding]] conditions for anaphors (including NP-traces), through the definition of [[governing category]].
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+*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Tensed-S+Condition&lemmacode=145 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 * Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York.
 * Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.
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