dào (倒)

Coding frame

1 > (PREP+2 > ) V > 3

Simplex Verb form

Example

Māma wǎng shuǐtǒng lǐ dǎoshuǐ.

mama

Mom

wang

into

shuitong-li

pail-inside

dao

pour

shui

water

‘Mom poured water into the pail.’

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).

#	POUR	Coding set	Argument type
1	pourer	Ø	A
2	pouring goal	PREP+NP	X
3	poured substance	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	MMarginally		y		(173) Yòng zhèzhǒng guànzi dào shuǐ, dào qǐlái hěn máfan. ‘It is a big trouble pouring water from this kind of jar. / It is a big trouble pouring water into this kind of jar.’ ★
C BA Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(171) Wǒ bǎ shuǐ dào jìn wǎn lǐ. ‘I poured water into the bowl.’ ★
C Quantity Ratio Alternation more info	NNever		y
C BEI Alternation more info	RRegularly		y		(172) Shuǐ bèi wǒ dào jìn wǎn lǐ le. ‘The water has been poured into the bowl by me.’ ★