májtsivá

Coding frame

Complex Verb form

Example

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Ováhtsa májtsivá.

ováhtsa

boy

májtsi-vá

song-VBLZ.have

‘The boy sang (a song).’

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).

#	SING	Coding set	Argument type
1	singer	NP-nom	S

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 Causative derivation more info	RRegularly		y	4-nom 1-acc V'tso
C Reciprocal derivation more info	NNever		y
C Reflexive derivation more info	NNever	suffixation of reflexive marker -mei may also results not in a valency change, but in a reading where the agentivity of the subject is deranked, translated by native speakers as 'do x poorly'	y
U Secondary object ALL or INST/LOC more info	NNever		n
U Instrument alternation more info	NNever		n