Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-nom 2-acc (3-instr) V

# Coding set Argument type
1 NP-nom A
2 NP-acc P
3 NP-instr I

The coding frame shows an instrument participant, which is represented as optional (by means of the parentheses). Cases like this are considered 'extended coding frames', since they show other possible participants, although the basic frame is the one represented out of the parentheses.

Verb forms with this basic coding frame

Verb form Verb Meaning Comment