Remarques sur les constructions verbales avec l’infinitif

A model of classifying French verbs used in constructions of the type: verb + à, de, 0 + infinitive is offered. The prepositions à and de are terms of the surface structure which show traces of operations in the deep structure: definiteness, modality, aspect. The verbs analysed are classified according to their meaning, the formal differences between the constructions being considered within the framework of the groups obtained.