kopatʹ (копать)

Coding frame

1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc (3-instr)

Simplex Verb form

Example

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Oni kopali zemlju.

oni

they

kopa-l-i

dig-PST-PL

zemlju

ground.ACC

‘They were digging the ground / the soil.’

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).

#	DIG	Coding set	Argument type
1	digger	NP-nom & V.subj	A
2	dug hole/ground	NP-acc	P
3	digging instrument	NP-instr	I

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
U Instrumental subject alternation more info	NNever		n
C Prefixal Goal-Instrumental alternation more info	NNever		y
C Prefixal Source-promoting alternation more info	NNever		y
C Semantic reflexive more info	NNever		y
C Reflexive Anticausative more info	NNever		y
C Participial Passive more info	RRegularly	Requires prefixation on verb to make it perfective: vy-kopat'	y	2-nom passV'.subj[2] (3-instr)/(1-instr)
U Comitative alternation more info	NNever		n
U Accusative-Genitive alternation more info	NNever		n
C Reflexive Reciprocal more info	NNever		y
U Object deletion more info	NNever		n
U Cognate object alternation more info	NNever		n
C Reflexive Middle more info	MMarginally		y
C Reflexive Passive more info	MMarginally		y
U Negative Accusative-Genitive alternation more info	RRegularly		n	1-nom negV'.subj[1] 2-gen (3-instr)
C Reflexive Middle (impersonal) more info	NNever		y