dóbahjyúcú

Coding frame

1-nom 2-acc 3-abl V

Example

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Ováhtsa tsáhaamɨ dóbahjyúcú wajácuháámɨtu.

ováhtsa

boy

tsá-haamɨ

one-leaf

dó-ba-hjyúcú

INST:HAND-tear-SNG.TRANS

wajácuháámɨ-tu

book-ABL

‘The boy tore the page from the book.’

Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets

Coding set

A coding set is the coding means of an argument. If the argument is only flagged (coded by an adposition or case), its coding set consists of the flag. If it is only indexed, the coding set consist of the index-series (e.g. subject marking). If it is both flagged and indexed, it consists of both flag and index-series.

and Argument types

Argument type

Arguments are classified into cross-linguistic argument types: A (argument coded like the 'breaker' of 'break'), P (argument coded like the 'broken thing' of 'break'), S (sole argument of a verb that lacks A and P), I (argument coded like the instrument of 'cut'), L (coded like the sitting location of 'sit'), and X (all others).

#	TEAR	Coding set	Argument type
1	tearer	NP-nom	A
2	torn thing	NP-acc	P
3	tearing source	NP-abl	X

Alternations

Alternation

A valency alternation is defined as a set of two different coding frames that are productively (or at least regularly) associated with both members of a set of verb pairs sharing the same verb stem. Alternations may be coded (marked by an affix on the verb, or by an auxiliary, like the English Passive) or uncoded (like the English Dative alternation).

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Alternation name	Occurs	Comment	Coded?	Derived Coding frame	Examples
C Reflexive derivation more info	RRegularly		y	1/2-nom 3-abl V'meí
C Causative derivation more info	RRegularly		y	4-nom 1-acc 2-acc 3-abl V'tso
C Reciprocal derivation more info	RRegularly		y	1/2-nom 3-abl V'jcatsí
U Secondary object ALL or INST/LOC more info	NNever		n
U Instrument alternation more info	NNever		n