Recent work on verb clusters within Continental West-Germanic has argued in favor of restrictive theories of cluster orders that only generate a subset of the logically possible orders in three-verb clusters, explicitly ruling out the 213 order. In this context it is remarkable that Swiss German features a verb cluster-like construction with an unmarked 213 order. I will argue that this construction indeed represents a proper verb cluster and not an instance of the 3rd Construction, which also allows the 213 order. Based on new diagnostics, viz., stranding of VP3 under topicalization of the governing VP2, short relative clause extraposition and displaced zu, I will show that verb clusters and Verb Projection Raising differ from the 3rd Construction with respect to the structural position of the dependent VP: while the dependent VP is contained within the projection of the governing verb in the former, it occurs outside of the projection of the governing verb in the latter. Applying the diagnostics to the Swiss German 213 construction delivers a clear result: the construction patterns with verb clusters rather than the 3rd Construction. I conclude from this that theories of verb clusters and unmarked word order more generally must be able to generate all six logically possible orders, including the 213 order.

最近关于大陆西日耳曼语动词簇的研究支持簇序的限制性理论，该理论仅生成三动词簇中逻辑上可能的顺序的子集，明确排除了 213 顺序。在这种情况下，值得注意的是，瑞士德语具有类似动词簇的结构，具有未标记的 213 顺序。我认为这个结构确实代表了一个适当的动词簇，而不是第三个结构的实例，第三个结构也允许 213 顺序。基于新的诊断，即 VP3 在主控 VP2 的主题化下的搁浅、短关系从句外置和移位zu，我将表明动词簇和动词投影提升与第三种结构在从属结构位置上的不同VP：虽然从属 VP 包含在前者的控制动词的投影内，但它出现在后者的控制动词的投影之外。将诊断应用于瑞士德语 213 结构可得出明确的结果：具有动词簇的结构模式而不是第三结构。我由此得出结论，动词簇和无标记词序的理论更普遍地必须能够生成所有六种逻辑上可能的顺序，包括 213 顺序。