Perspective in Taste Predicates and Epistemic Modals

What if any role is played by perspective—whom the licorice is tasty to, whose evidence allows for licorice in the cupboard—in the semantics of such sentences? I will argue that taste predicates like “tasty” and “fun” project syntactically real experiencer arguments, which specify the perspective at issue. Thus 1 basically means [licorice is tasty to——], with the blank filled in by the speech context. Relative to the context in which Ann is asked to name her favorite treat, the blank is most naturally filled in with “Ann.” But relative to a context in which Ann is asked to suggest a snack for both her and Ben, the blank is most naturally filled in as “both Ann and Ben.” The perspective may be specified explicitly, as in: