51 (45) DP D The N president T may V blame TP T' VP PRN himself The reflexive pronoun himself can be bound by the DP the president in (45) because the sister of the DP node is the T-bar node, and the pronoun himself is contained within the relevant T-bar node (by virtue of being one of the grandchildren of T-bar): consequently, the DP the president c-commands the anaphor himself and the binding condition (44) is satisfied. We therefore correctly predict that (42a) The president may blame himself is grammatical, with the president interpreted as the antecedent of himself. But.
