Examples
(90)
I nostri bambini giocano con i coetanei.
i
ART.DEF.M.PL
nostr-i
our-M.PL
bambin-i
child-M.PL
gioca-no
play-PRS.3PL
con
with
i
ART.DEF.M.PL
coetane-i
peer-M.PL
‘Our children play with children of their own age.’
(65)
Giochiamo a carte la domenica.
gioch-iamo
play-PRS.1PL
a
to
cart-e
card-F.PL
la
ART.DEF.F.SG
domenic-a
sunday-F.SG
‘We play cards on Sunday.’
(89)
Giocammo una partita e segnai quattro gol.
gioca-mmo
play-PST.1PL
un-a
ART.INDF-F.SG
partit-a
match-F.SG
e
and
segna-i
score-PST.1SG
quattro
four
gol
goal
‘We played a match and I scored four goals.’
Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types
# | PLAY | Coding set | Argument type |
---|---|---|---|
1 | player | V.subj | S |
2 | playing partner | con+NP | I |
Alternations
Alternation name | Occurs | Comment | Coded? | Derived Coding frame | Examples |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
U
|
NNever | n | |||
C
|
MMarginally | Passive is possible only with the transitive basic coding frame (e.g. game as patient). | y |
|
|
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
MMarginally | y |
|
||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
C
|
RRegularly | y | |||
U
|
RRegularly | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
U
|
NNever | n | |||
C
|
NNever | y |