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The analysis of resultative sentences in this paper is based on Goldberg’s (1995) constructional view. Under the constructional view, resultative sentences are assumed to be composed of verbal subevent and constructional subevent. Accoring to Goldberg and Jackendoff’s (2004) Causal Relation Hypithesis, the verbal subevent and constructional subevent must be integrated via causal relationship. For the causal relationship, I suggest two types of causal relationship, direct and logical cause-result relationship and indirect and phenomenal cause-effect relationship, and describe the causal relation by the combination of features, [logical] and [phenomenal]. I also revise Goldberg and Jackendoff’s (2004) Causal Relation Hypothesis, saying that the verbal subevent and the constructional subevent must be integrated via a [+logical, +phenomenal] causal relationship. With the revised causal relation hypothesis, I can give an explanation for the various grammaticality on the resultatives, and provide a unified account for the semantic constraints between verb and argument and between arguments. The revised causal relation hypothesis also suggests that the whole sentences should be considered in deciding the grammaticality of resultatives rather than the categories which cause a conflict in meaning.