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What is the function of “the doctor” in the following sentences? Is it a constituent of the matrix clause or of the infinitival clause?

  1. I wanted the doctor to examine my daughter.
  2. I persuaded the doctor to examine my daughter.
  3. I expected the doctor to examine my daughter.
  4. I told the doctor to examine my daughter.
  5. I would hate for the doctor to examine my daughter.
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    In (2) and (4), the doctor functions as the indirect object of the matrix verb, and also as the subject of the infinitive; persuade and tell are B-Equi predicates. In (1), (3), and (5), however, the doctor does not originate in the matrix clause; rather, in (1) and (3) it's a B-Raised subject of the infinitive; want and expect govern Raising, not Equi. In (5), the doctor is the unraised subject of the infinitive, marked as such by the undeleted for complementizer.
    – John Lawler
    Jan 25, 2020 at 17:47
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    @JohnLawler Thanks for such a succinct yet clear answer. Might I trouble you to please put it in the answer box?
    – tchrist ♦
    Jan 25, 2020 at 17:49

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In a comment, John Lawler wrote:

In (2) and (4), the doctor functions as the indirect object of the matrix verb, and also as the subject of the infinitive; persuade and tell are B-Equi predicates.

In (1), (3), and (5), however, the doctor does not originate in the matrix clause; rather, in (1) and (3) it's a B-Raised subject of the infinitive; want and expect govern Raising, not Equi.

In (5), the doctor is the unraised subject of the infinitive, marked as such by the undeleted for complementizer.

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