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Is "she was peeled an orange (by me)" unacceptable in English when 'she' is interpreted as an intended recipient?

I found Kay (1996: 11-12) claims that "I'll peel you an orange" has two possible interpretations.

https://home.uni-leipzig.de/muellerg/kay96.pdf

[Interpretation 1] 'You' is treated as an intended recipient.

[Interpretation 2] 'You' is a kind of 'pleasee.' The sentence can be used, according to Kay, when I'll peel an orange in order to answer your desire to know whether my injured hand has regained its dexterity.

In his discussion, Kay contends that '*Madge was peeled an orange (adroitly) (by me).' is unacceptable in English. But this paper is more than 20 years old now.

I'd like to know this passive is still unacceptable both Interpretation 1 and 2.

hiya
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    It's weird, at the very least. – Hot Licks Aug 27 '19 at 02:37
  • It sounds wrong. What doesn't sound wrong is: "An orange was peeled for Madge (by me)." – Benjamin Harman Aug 27 '19 at 02:38
  • The term for this is "word salad"—it's not a grammatical sentence, but it has pieces that sound like they should go together, but don't. – Robusto Aug 27 '19 at 02:54
  • What if 'you' is the one being peeled and 'an orange' is a style of peeling? Like I'll cook you al dente. That'd be a third option, right? – JJJ Aug 27 '19 at 03:43
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    I think a similar question was answered in elegant detail by John Lawler: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/90530/whats-wrong-with-ill-open-you-the-door. This may, then, be a duplicate. – Xanne Aug 27 '19 at 06:08
  • I was wondering about that, too, and don't quite know what to say about this one. Certainly both senses are possible, as Kay suggests. Note that I took the test for Bill does not do Dative, because Bill doesn't receive the test: I took Bill the test. But whereas Dative with peel is unexceptionable -- even part of fixed phrases like Peel me a grape -- Dative plus Passive isn't. I find She was peeled an orange quite unacceptable, even though She was bought a book is fine with a benefactive for source. There must be something more to the context. – John Lawler Aug 27 '19 at 15:04
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    @John Lawler : It's quite interesting *she was peeled an orange is unacceptable while she was bought a book is grammatical. I also found Svenonius (2004) observes that the department chair was baked a cake is acceptable. (https://www.academia.edu/2679601/The_Zero_Level) So I assume it's a matter of idiomaticity or entrenchment level in language? Quite a confusing but interesting aspect of language. – hiya Aug 27 '19 at 21:12
  • @hiya I would certainly not say that she was peeled an orange is unacceptable. It's unusual, and somewhat open to interpretation, but it's not ungrammatical. (It kind of reminds me of the Monty Python killer rabbit that will do you a treat.) – Jason Bassford Aug 28 '19 at 02:21
  • @jjj : Your third option never occurred to me until I saw your post. In that interpretation, I suppose the example sentence is not an instantiation of the double object construction any more – hiya Aug 28 '19 at 04:28

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