PurpVDrk: The verb of a purpose construction always appears in a single special form, regardless of both the features of the verb and whether the subject of the purpose construction is coreferential with that of the main clause.

(1) flóra lajhár-t néz-ni men-t az állatkert-be.

Flóra sloth-acc look-inf go-pst.3sg the zoo-ill

‘Flora went to the zoo to see the sloth.’

(2) flóra azért men-t az állatkert-be, hogy meg-néz-ze a lajhár-t.

Flóra therefore go-pst.3sg the zoo-ill that pref-look-imp.obj.3sg the sloth-acc

‘Flora went to the zoo to see the sloth.’

(3) flóra azért men-t az állatkert-be, hogy a lajhár lás-sa ő-t.

Flóra therefore go-pst.3sg the zoo-ill that the sloth look-imp.obj.3sg she-acc

‘Flora went to the zoo in order for the sloth to see her.’

In Hungarian, purpose relations can be expressed by infinitive constructions (1) and subordination (2)–(3). The verb form in neither case is the same as the base form of the verb, irrespective of whether the subject of the main clause is the same as the subject of the subordinate clause or not (2)–(3) (cf. Kenesei et al. 1998: 50‒51, Hadrovics 1969: 343‒344, 350‒352, Lengyel 2000e: 228‒229, Haader 2000a: 502‒503).