Language: Eastern Armenian (standard Eastern Armenian)
Contributors: Victoria Khurshudian and Michael Daniel
References: Daniel et al. 2009.0
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: GIVE [give]
Comment: corpus frequencies: 413908/0/0 (basic/middle/causative)
Schema: 1-nom 2-nomdat 3-dat V.subj[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | giver | NP-nom V.subj | A |
| 2 | gift | NP-nomdat | P |
| 3 | giving recipient | NP-dat | X |
| (16) |
Աղջիկը գիրքը տվեց ուսուցչին: Aʁǯikə giɾkʰə tvecʰ usucʰčʰin. aʁǯik-ə girl-def giɾkʰ-ə book-def tv-ecʰ give-aor.3sg usucʰčʰ-i-n teacher-dat-def The girl gave the book to the teacher. |
| (140) |
Ես ձեզ տվեցի մեր Աստծո Աստվածաշունչը: Jes ʒez tvecʰi meɾ astco astvacašunčʰə. jes I.nom ʒez you.pl.dat tv-ecʰ-i give-aor-1sg meɾ we.gen astco lord.gen astvacašunčʰ-ə holy.script-def I gave you our Lord’s Holy Script. Comment: ‘give’: obligatory Beneficiary (Recipient) with ditransitive verbs |
| (174) |
Բայց իմ կինը ծաղիկը տվեց մարդուն: Bajcʰ im kinə ajs caʁikə tvecʰ maɾdun. bajcʰ but im my kin-ə woman-def ajs this caʁik-ə flower-def tv-ecʰ give-aor.3sg maɾd-u-n man-dat-def But my woman gave this flower to (another) man. Comment: ‘give’: obligatory Beneficiary slot (Recipient/Goal) |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
