fall

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Arguably implies a locus (e.g. 'fall into', 'fall down', etc.) but it can occur without this being explicit.

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(304)
She fell down and hurt herself.
she
she
fell
fell
down
down
and
and
hurt
hurt
herself
herself
‘She fell down and hurt herself.’
★
(305)
He slipped and fell into the pool.
he
he
slipped
slipped
and
and
fell
fell
into
into
the
the
pool
pool
‘He slipped and fell into the pool.’
★
(306)
Apprarently the child fell from the balcony.
apprarently
apprarently
the
the
child
child
fell
fell
from
from
the
the
balcony
balcony
‘Apprarently the child fell from the balcony.’
★
(307)
My i-pod fell into the water.
my
my
i-pod
i-pod
fell
fell
into
into
the
the
water
water
‘My i-pod fell into the water.’
★
(308)
It must have fallen out of my pocket.
it
it
must
must
have
have
fallen
fallen
out
out
of
of
my
my
pocket
pocket
‘It must have fallen out of my pocket.’
★
(327)
He fell to his knees and wept.
he
he
fell
fell
to
to
his
his
knees
knees
and
and
wept
wept
‘He fell to his knees and wept.’
★

Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# FALL Coding set Argument type
1 fallee NP-nom V.subj S
2 fall goal LOC L

Alternations

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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
Quasi-agentive Instrumental Subject 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
Cognate Object more info
N n
U
Instrumental Object more info
N n
U
Into-Resultative more info
N n
U
Locative more info
N n
C
Way-construction more info
N y
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