coprire

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With this verb, the instrumental complement can also be introduced by the preposition di, with co-occurence restrictions on the definiteness of the related nominal.
Ex:
Marco coprì la tavola con fiori / di fiori / *dei fiori.
'Mark covered the table with flowers / of flowers/ *of the flowers.'

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(315)
Anna coprì il pavimento con il telone.
Anna
Anne
copr-ì
cover-PST.3SG
il
ART.DEF.M.SG
paviment-o
floor-M.SG
con
with
un
ART.INDF.M
telon-e
large_piece_of_cloth-M.SG
‘Anne covered the floor with the tarpaulin.’
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(337)
Il pavimento va coperto di fiori.
il
ART.DEF.M.SG
paviment-o
floor-M.SG
va
go.PRS.3SG
coper-t-o
cover-PP-M.SG
di
of
fior-i
flower-M.PL
‘The floor is to be covered with flowers.’
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(359)
Anna coprì il pavimento di fiori.
Anna
Anne
copr-ì
cover-PST.3SG
il
ART.DEF.M.SG
paviment-o
floor-M.SG
di
of
fior-i
flower-M.PL
‘Anne covered the floor with flowers.’
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(785)
Anna copre sempre suo figlio con una coperta.
Anna
Anne
copr-e
cover-PRS.3SG
sempre
always
su-o
her-M.SG
figli-o
son-M.SG
con
with
un-a
ART.INDF-F.SG
copert-a
blanket-F.SG
‘Anne always covers her son with a blanket.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# COVER Coding set Argument type
1 coverer V.subj A
2 covered thing Ø P
3 cover con+NP I

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
U
Object Omission more info
N n
C
Passive more info
R y
(320)
Il pavimento viene coperto di fiori.
‘The floor is covered with flowers.’
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C
Conative more info
N y
C
Reflexive Passive more info
R y
(319)
Il pavimento si copre di fiori per un matrimonio.
‘The floor is covered with flowers for a wedding.’
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U
Locative Alternation more info
N n
C
Anticausative (coded) more info
R y
(505)
Il prato si coprì di fiori.
‘The lawn got covered with flowers.’
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C
Indirect/Dative Reflexive more info
R y
(317)
Luca si copre il capo con un cappello di lana.
‘Luke covers his head with a woolen hat.’
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U
Oblique Subject more info
R n
(316)
Questo telone non copre bene.
‘This tarpaulin does not cover well.’
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(786)
La coperta non copre bene il bambino.
‘The blanket does not cover the baby well.’
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C
Middle Reflexive more info
N y
C
Direct Reciprocal Reflexive more info
R y
(506)
Anna e Luca si coprono reciprocamente con lo scialle.
‘Anne and Luke are covering each other with the shawl.’
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U
Anticausative (uncoded) more info
N n
C
Impersonal Reflexive more info
R y
(321)
Si copre il pavimento di fiori per il matrimonio.
‘One covers/We/They (indef.) cover the floor with flowers for the wedding.’
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U
Causative more info
R n
C
Direct Reflexive more info
R y
(318)
Maria si è coperta con lo scialle.
‘Mary covered herself with the shawl.’
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C
Impersonal of Reflexives more info
R y
(324)
D'inverno ci si copre con abiti pesanti.
‘In winter, one wears/we/you/they (indef.) wear warm clothes.’
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C
Impersonal Passive more info
R y
(737)
Si è coperti da uno strato di fango.
‘One is/We/You/They (indef.) are covered with a layer of mud.’
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U
Body part possessor alternation more info
N n
U
Possessor-Attribute Alternation more info
N n
U
Applicative more info
N n
C
Indirect Reciprocal Reflexive more info
N y