a’awa

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

U ili uusi unna tomita a'awa.

det

ili

little

uusi

child

unna

much

tomi-ta

money-acc

a'awa

ask_for

‘The child asks for a lot of money.’

Ne tomita a'awak nim maalata betchi'ibo.

1sg

tomi-ta

money-acc

a'awa-k

ask_for-pfv

nim

1sg.pos

maala-ta

mother-acc

betchi'ibo

for

‘I asked for money from my mother.’

#	ASK FOR	Coding set	Argument type
1	asker	NP-nom	A
2	requested thing	NP-acc	P

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Alternation name	Occurs	Comment	Coded?	Examples
U Undetermined object more info	MMarginally	It is less common to drop the object.	n	(154) U uusi unna jita a'awak. ‘The child asked for a lot.’ ★
U Directional Object more info	RRegularly		n	(68) U ili uusi achaiwatau tomita a'awak. ‘The little child asked money from his father.’ ★ (204) U ili uusi achaiwatau tomita a'aula. ‘The child asked money from his father.’ ★
C Applicative more info	RRegularly		y	(207) Ne tomita nim maalata a'auriak. ‘I asked for money from my mother.’ ★
C Passive more info	RRegularly		y	(568) Ju tomi a'auwa. ‘The money was asked for. / The money was required.’ ★
C Equipollent Noncausal more info	NNever		y
C Intransitivizer incorporation: ji'i more info	NNever		y
C Object incorporation more info	NNever		y
C Middle more info	RRegularly		y	(567) Ju tomi aa a'autu. ‘The money can be asked for (as a loan).’ ★
U Locative more info	NNever		n
C Causative more info	RRegularly		y	(342) U yoeme uka jamutta o'outa tomita betchi'ibo a'autuak. ‘The man made the woman ask the male for money.’ ★
C Resultative more info	RRegularly		y	(569) Ju maskai jaibu a'auri. ‘The mask is already asked for.’ ★
C Equipollent Causal more info	NNever		y
C Equipollent Applicative more info	NNever		y

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