Language: Japanese (standard)
Contributors: Hideki Kishimoto and Taro Kageyama
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: BE DRY [be-dry]
Comment: Kawaku is an intransitive change-of-state verb, and Japanese does not have the adjective for 'be dry'. So the stative meaning is denoted by adding the resultative auxiliary to kawaku.
Schema: 1-nom V
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dry thing | NP-nom | S |
| (72) |
Zimen-ga kawai-te i-ru. zimen-ga ground-nom kawai-te dry-ger i-ru be-pres The ground is dry. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
