ABSTRACT
Causative sentences can be seen as a kind of sentence conversion, in that an extra NP (and the meaning of causation or permission) is added to a non-causative sentence. Compare:
✐ Kodomo ga gakkō ni iku. The child goes to school.
✐ Oya ga kodomo o/ni gakkō ni ikaseru. The parents make/let the child go to school.
