dig

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(175)
She was digging in the garden.
she
she
was
was
digging
digging
in
in
the
the
garden
garden
‘She was digging in the garden.’
★
(176)
She was digging for potatoes.
she
she
was
was
digging
digging
for
for
potatoes
potatoes
‘She was digging for potatoes.’
★
(179)
They dug through the top layer of sediment.
they
they
dug
dug
through
through
the
the
top
top
layer
layer
of
of
sediment
sediment
‘They dug through the top layer of sediment.’
★
(181)
She dug a lot of potatoes yesterday.
she
she
dug
dug
a
a
lot
lot
of
of
potatoes
potatoes
yesterday
yesterday
‘She dug a lot of potatoes yesterday.’
★

Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# DIG Coding set Argument type
1 digger NP-nom V.subj S

Alternations

Clear filters
Alternation name Occurs Examples
U
Understood Omitted Object more info
N n
C
Accidental Reflexive more info
N y
U
Inchoative-Causative more info
N n
U
Middle more info
N n
C
Reciprocal more info
N y
C
Have-a-VP(nominal) more info
N y
U
Accidental Body-part more info
N n
U
Instrumental Subject more info
N n
U
Directed Nonverbal Expression more info
N n
U
Assisting Body-part more info
N n
U
Location-capacity subject more info
N n
U
Dative more info
N n
C
Get-a-VP(nominal) more info
N y
U
Stimulus Subject more info
N n
U
Direct Quotation more info
N n
That-complement more info
N
U
Abstract subject more info
N n
U
Understood Reflexive Object more info
N n
U
Locus of personal contact more info
N n
U
Conative more info
N n
U
With/against alternation more info
N n
U
Causative-Inchoative more info
N n
U
Benefactive more info
N n
U
Source-of-part more info
N n
U
Instrumental Object more info
N n
U
Into-Resultative more info
N n
U
Locative more info
N n
U
Malefactive more info
N n
C
Gerundive complement more info
N y
U
Stimulus prepositional object more info
N n
U
Resultative complement more info
N n
U
Quasi-benefactive-accompaniment with more info
N n
U
Possessor ascension more info
N n
U
Path subject more info
N n
U
Locative promotion more info
N n
C
To-complement more info
N y
U
Wh-complement more info
N n
U
Topic-about more info
N n
U
Experiencer Passive with of-Stimulus
N n
U
Cognate Object more info
R n
(177)
He dug a hole.
‘He dug a hole.’
★
(178)
She's digging a new garden bed.
‘She's digging a new garden bed.’
★
C
Way-construction more info
M y
(180)
They dug their way out (of the wreckage).
‘They dug their way out (of the wreckage).’
★
U
Quasi-agentive Instrumental Subject more info
N n