Has baffled all vs Has all baffled

[Johnyxxx]

Hello.

Can anybody explain to me why the sentence is "That's the very question that has all the physicians baffled" instead of "That's the very question that has baffled all the physicians?"


"Oh." Blaine breathed heavily.
"I was trying to tell you—" said Marcella at his side.
Blaine broke in anxiously. "Will he—live—long?"
The attendant smiled. "That's the very question that has all the physicians baffled. He seems to he so near death—and yet be lives on, year after
"I must see him," said Blaine.

Don Wilcox, The Pit Of Death, 1941.


Thank you very much.

 

[GoesStation]

has all the physicians baffled: holds them in a state of bafflement
has baffled all the physicians: has caused them to be baffled.

 

[jutfrank]

I'd put it a bit differently from GoesStation.

a) that has all the physicians baffled = that causes them to be held in a state of bafflement [has is a main verb and baffled is an adjective (present simple)]

b) that has baffled all the physicians = that baffled them in the past, with a presently relevant result [has is an auxiliary and the main verb is baffled (present perfect)]

I'd represent the structure of sentence a) like this:

have + somebody + adjective phrase

Here are some more examples:

She has me under her spell.
Her response had everyone confused.
It'll have her in a spin.