Examples
(125)
The boy touched the snake with a stick.
the
the
boy
boy
touched
touched
the
the
snake
snake
with
with
a
a
stick
stick
‘The boy touched the snake with a stick.’
(127)
The curtains were touching the floor.
the
the
curtains
curtains
were
were
touching
touching
the
the
floor
floor
‘The curtains were touching the floor.’
Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types
# | TOUCH | Coding set | Argument type |
---|---|---|---|
1 | toucher | NP-nom V.subj | A |
2 | touchee | NP-acc | P |
3 | touching instrument | with+NP | I |
Alternations
Alternation name | Occurs | Comment | Coded? | Derived Coding frame | Examples |
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U
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NNever | n | |||
C
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NNever | y | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
C
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NNever | y | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
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NNever | ||||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
U
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NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
U
|
RRegularly | n |
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C
|
RRegularly | y |
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U
|
NNever | n |