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Dowty(1979) describes the resultative construction as a kind of lexicalized compound verb, though one which typically appears as a discontinuous constituent. Many linguists note this relationship between the verbs and the result phrases of resultative constructions. In this paper, I show that the incompatibility of resultatives with the verbs of inherently directed motion(henceforth VIDM) results from the semantic relationship between the verbs and the resultatives. The first chapter deals with the incompatibility of resultatives with the VIDMs and points out that the VIDMs are not exceptional to the incompatibility. It can be found in other classes of unaccusative verbs. The third chapter shows that the constructions expressing a change of state and those expressing a change of location have conceptual, syntactic, semantic and aspectual similarity. Thus, the goal PPs of VIDMs are supposed to have the same status as the change-of-state result phrases. The fourth chapter describes the semantic constraint on the resultative constructions of directed motion verbs: the English resultative construction of directed motion verbs is acceptable to the extent that the result XP is specified or implied in the meanings of the verb. This constraint shows how tightly the verbs and the result phrases should be connected to lump together as one clause, called resultive clauses.