mò (磨)

Coding frame

1 > (yòng+2 > ) V > 3

Simplex Verb form

Example

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Jiùjiu yòng shíniǎn mò huángdòu.

jiujiu

uncle

yong

use

shinian

stone.mill

mo

grind

huangdou

soybean

‘Uncle ground the soybeans with a stone mill.’

Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets

Coding set

A coding set is the coding means of an argument. If the argument is only flagged (coded by an adposition or case), its coding set consists of the flag. If it is only indexed, the coding set consist of the index-series (e.g. subject marking). If it is both flagged and indexed, it consists of both flag and index-series.

and Argument types

Argument type

Arguments are classified into cross-linguistic argument types: A (argument coded like the 'breaker' of 'break'), P (argument coded like the 'broken thing' of 'break'), S (sole argument of a verb that lacks A and P), I (argument coded like the instrument of 'cut'), L (coded like the sitting location of 'sit'), and X (all others).

#	GRIND	Coding set	Argument type
1	grinder	Ø	A
2	grinding instrument	yòng+NP	I
3	ground thing	Ø	P

Alternations

Alternation

A valency alternation is defined as a set of two different coding frames that are productively (or at least regularly) associated with both members of a set of verb pairs sharing the same verb stem. Alternations may be coded (marked by an affix on the verb, or by an auxiliary, like the English Passive) or uncoded (like the English Dative alternation).

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Alternation name	Occurs	Comment	Coded?	Derived Coding frame	Examples
C Ambitransitive Alternation more info	NNever		y
C Neutral Ditransitive Alternation more info	MMarginally		y
C Locative Inversion Alternation more info	NNever		y
C Middle Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(142) Zhèzhǒng màizi mòqǐlái róngyì. ‘This kind of wheat is easy to grind.’ ★
C BA Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(140) Jìujiu bǎ huángdòu mò(hǎo)le. ‘My uncle has ground the soybean.’ ★
C Quantity Ratio Alternation more info	NNever		y
C BEI Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(105) Huángdòu zǎo yǐjīng bèi jiùjiu mòhǎo le. ‘The soybean has already been ground by my uncle.’ ★ (141) Huángdòu bèi Jìujiu mò(hǎo)le. ‘The soybean has been ground (ready) by my uncle.’ ★