ngengkebang

Coding frame

Complex Verb form

Example

(34)
Anake muani cenik ento ngengkebang katake ento uli memenne.
anak=e
person=DEF
muani
male
cenik
small
ento
that
ngengkebang
hide
katak=e
frog=DEF
ento
that
uli
from
memen=ne
mother=3POSS
‘The boy hid the frog from his mother.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# HIDE Coding set Argument type
1 hider Ø A
2 hidden thing Ø P
3 hiding affectee uli+NP X

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
C
Passive -a alternation
R y
(136)
Katake ento engkebanga teken anake muani cenik ento uli memenne.
‘The frog was hidden by the boy from his mother.’
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C
Passive ka- alternation
R y
(182)
Katake ento kaengkebang teken anake muani cenik ento uli memenne.
‘The frog was hidden by the boy from his mother.’
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C
Resultative ma- alternation
R y
(209)
Katake ento maengkebang.
‘The frog was hidden.’
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C
Causative with instrument causee more info
N it is already a causative construction y
C
Causative with Theme causee more info
N it is already a causative construction y
C
Locative alternation (oblique to object) more info
R y
(89)
Anake muani cenik ento ngengkebin memenne katake ento.
‘The boy hid the frog from his mother.’
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C
Locative alternation (argument rearanging) more info
– y
C
Locative alternation (argument adding)
– y