[…] "Form Chain", an operation that applies, say, to the structure (10a) to form (10b) in a single step, yielding the chain CH of (10c). (10) a. "e" seems ["e" to be likely [John to win]]; b. John seems ["t'" to be likely ["t" to win]]; c. CH = ("John, t', t"). - Chomsky (1995), a pag.182