‘believe’
| Argument frame: | X (believe) Y |
| Stimulus sentence: | P. believes M . |
| Predicate label Ru: | верить |
| Argument frame Ru: | X (верить) Y -у |
| Stimulus sentence Ru: | П. верит М . |
| Valency pattern: ERG_BEN |
| X: ERG |
| Y: BEN |
| Locus: Y |
| rasúl | zaréma | j-lə-z-qá-j-c̣-əj-ṭ |
| pn | pn | 3 sg . n . abs -3 sg . f . io - ben - loc -3 sg . m . erg -believe- prs - dcl |
| ‘Rasul believes Zarema.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: ABS_POST |
| X: ABS |
| Y: POST |
| Locus: Y |
| aslan | meʜemed.i-q | quχ.u-naa |
| pn | pn - post | believe. pf - prf |
| ‘Aslan believes Muhammad.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: SBJ_al |
| X: SBJ |
| Y: al |
| Locus: Y |
| +avvo | naša | hammun=əl | +al | baxt-u |
| dem 3. m | person( m ) | believe. prog =3 m | on | woman( f )- p .3 m |
| ‘This man believes his wife.’ | ||||
| Valency pattern: NOM_DAT |
| X: NOM |
| Y: DAT |
| Locus: Y |
| modʲi | kasa-jʔ | nɛ-xo-da | pudiri |
| i | man- nom . sg .1 sg | woman- dat . sg - obl . sg .3 sg | trust( ipfv ).3 sg . s |
| ‘My friend believes his wife’. | |||
| Valency pattern: SBJ_le |
| X: SBJ |
| Y: le |
| Locus: Y |
| Pinχas | maamin | le | Menaχem |
| pn | believe[ ptcp . sg . m ] | to | pn |
| ‘Pinchas believes Menachem.’ | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: SBJ |
| Y: DO |
| Locus: TR |
| Per | tro-r | Ola |
| pn | believe- prs | pn |
| ‘Per believes Ola.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: NOM_DAT |
| X: NOM |
| Y: DAT |
| Locus: Y |
| Pet-ja | ver-it | Maš-e |
| pn ( m )- nom . sg | believe( ipfv )- prs .3 sg | pn ( f )- dat . sg |
| ‘Petja believes Maša.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: NOM_SUP |
| X: NOM |
| Y: SUP |
| Locus: Y |
| rasul | inamiš | jiʔi | ramazan-ɨ |
| pn ( nom ) | believe | 1. cop | pn - obl ( sup ) |
| ‘Rasul believes Ramazan.’ | |||
| Note: Non-verbal predicate. | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: NOM |
| Y: ACC |
| Locus: TR |
| Peâtt | åskk | suu |
| pn . sg . nom | believe. prs .3 sg | 3 sg . acc |
| ‘Pete believes her.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: NOM_DAT |
| X: NOM |
| Y: DAT |
| Locus: Y |
| An-a | verjame | očet-u |
| pn - nom . sg | believe: ipfv . prs .3 sg | father- dat . sg |
| ‘Ana believes her father.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: NOM_DAT |
| X: NOM |
| Y: DAT |
| Locus: Y |
| Mehmet | Filiz-e | inan-iyor |
| pn | pn - dat | believe- prs |
| ‘Mehmet believes Filiz.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: NOM_SUPER.LAT |
| X: NOM |
| Y: SUPER.LAT |
| Locus: Y |
| ali | buʒ.u-r | marjam-ʔo |
| pn [ m ][ nom ] | believe. pst - prog | pn - super . lat |
| ‘Ali believes Mariam.’ | ||