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‘encounter’

Argument frame: X (encounter) Y
Stimulus sentence: P. encountered M. (accidentally, on the street). = P. ran into M .
Predicate label Ru: встречаться
Argument frame Ru: X (встречаться) с Y -ом
Stimulus sentence Ru: П. встретился с М. (случайно, на улице).

Abaza [p-]č̣a-ŝá

Valency pattern: ABS_LOCpca
X: ABS
Y: LOCp
Locus: Y
rasúl murád d-ʕa-j-p.č̣a-ŝá-ṭ
pn pn 3 sg . h . abs - cisl -3 sg . m . io - loc -fall( aor )- dcl
‘Rasul ran into Murad.’

Adyghe ʔʷə-č̣ʼe

Valency pattern: ABS_LOC.FRONT
X: ABS
Y: LOC.FRONT
Locus: Y
pŝaŝe-r policejske-m ʔʷə-č̣ʼa-ʁ
девушка- abs полицейский- obl loc : front -встретить- pst
‘Девушка встретилась с полицейским.’

Aghul alčarx.u-

Valency pattern: DAT_ABS
X: DAT
Y: ABS
Locus: X
aslan.a-s meʜemed alčarx.u-ne
pn - dat pn meet. pf - aor
‘Aslan ran into Muhammad.’

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic tapək

Valency pattern: SBJ_men
X: SBJ
Y: men
Locus: Y
yala tpək-lə mən švava
boy( m ) meet. pst - ls .3 m from neighbour( m )
‘The boy ran into his neughbor.’
Note: Some speakers use preposition am.

Bambara bɛ̀n

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Sékù ye Fántà bɛ̀n
pn pfv . tr pn meet
‘Seku encountered Fanta.’

Brazilian Portuguese encontrar

Valency pattern: SBJ_com
X: SBJ
Y: com
Locus: Y
Pedro encontr-ou com Miguel
pn ( m ) meet-3 sg . pst with pn ( m )
‘Pedro encountered Miguel.’

Catalan trobar-se

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
en Pere es va trob-ar en Marc
def . sg . m pn ( m ) refl .3 sg go.3 sg . prs . ind meet- inf def . sg . m pn ( m )
‘Pere ran into Marc.’

Czech potkat se

Valency pattern: NOM_sINS
X: NOM
Y: sINS
Locus: Y
Petr se potka-l s Michal-em
pn ( m )[ nom . sg ] refl . acc meet( pfv )- pst [ m . sg ] with pn ( m )- ins . sg
‘Petr encountered Michal.’

Danish støde ind

Valency pattern: SBJ_i
X: SBJ
Y: i
Locus: Y
Peter stød-te ind i Marie
pn collide- pst into in pn
‘Peter ran into Marie.’

Dutch tegenkomen

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Piet kwam Marie tegen
pn (С) come. pst pn (С) against
‘Piet encountered Marie.’

Eastern Maninka bɛ̀n

Valency pattern: SBJ_di
X: SBJ
Y: di
Locus: Y
Sékù bɛ̀n-da Fónbà dí.
pn meet- aor . intr pn with
‘Seku met Fomba.’

English encounter

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Peter encountered Mary.

Estonian kohtama

Valency pattern: NOM_PART
X: NOM
Y: PART
Locus: Y
Peeter kohta-s Mareti-t
pn . sg . nom encounter- pst .3 sg pn - sg . part
‘Peeter encountered Maret.’

Finnish tavata

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: GEN~PART~NOM
Locus: TR
Pekka tapa-si Mati-n
pn . nom encounter- pst .3 sg pn - gen
‘Pekka encountered Matti’

Forest Enets dʲazuta

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: OBL
Locus: TR
modʲi kasa-jʔ vasʲa-da dʲazuta
i man- nom . sg .1 sg pn - obl . sg .3 sg come_across( pfv ).3 sg . s
‘My friend met Vasja’.

French rencontrer

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Paul a rencontré Marie
pn ( m ) have. prs .3 sg meet. pst . ptcp . m pn ( f )
‘Paul encountered Marie.’

Georgian še-Ø-xvd-eb-a (FUT)

Valency pattern: NOM_DAT
X: NOM
Y: DAT
Locus: Y
p'et're-Ø mašo-s še-Ø-xvd-a
pn - nom pn - dat prv :inward- io 3-meet- s 3 sg . pst
‘Petre encountered Masho.’

German treffen

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
Karl traf Marie
pn [ nom . sg ] encounter. pst .3 sg pn [ acc . sg ]
‘Karl encountered Marie.’

Irish buail

Valency pattern: SBJ_le
X: SBJ
Y: le
Locus: Y
Do=bhuail Pól le Mícheal.
pst =meet pn with pn
‘Pól encountered Mícheal.’

Italian incontrare

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Leo ha incontrato Maria
pn ( m ) aux .3 sg . prs meet. pst . ptcp pn ( f )
‘Leo encountered Maria.’

Kalderash Romani dikhəlpe

Valency pattern: NOM_INS
X: NOM
Y: INS
Locus: Y
o Murš-a dikh-ľ-a-pe la Marijk-asa
art . m . dir . sg pn - nom . sg encounter- pst -3 sg - refl art . f . obl . sg pn - ins . sg
‘Murša encountered Marijka.’

Kazakh kezdes

Valency pattern: NOM_INS
X: NOM
Y: INS
Locus: Y
Petya Maša-men kezde-s-tі
pn pn - ins encounter- rec - pst 1.3 sg
‘Petya encountered Masha.’

Kazym Khanty wǫjtantti

Valency pattern: NOM_NOMpila
X: NOM
Y: NOMpila
Locus: Y
pet’a-j-en waśa-j-əλ piλ-a wǫjtantə-s
pn - ep - poss .2 sg pn - ep - poss .3 sg with- dat meet- pst [3 sg ]
‘Petja encountered Vasja.’

Khwarshi

Valency pattern: DAT_ABS
X: DAT
Y: ABS
Locus: X
šamile-l dandi ukkaj-ja di-ja es
pn - dat против встретить- pst . w 1 sg . o - gen 1 брат( i )
‘Шамиль встретил моего брата.’
Note: Presumably, the dative case on the X argument is not dependent on the use of the adverb (?) dandi ‘against’ and they do not form a constituent.

Kina Rutul giˁχɨˁr

Valency pattern: DAT_NOM
X: DAT
Y: NOM
Locus: X
rasul-u-s ramazan giˁ-χɨˁ-r
pn - obl - dat pn ( nom ) pv -1.meet. pfv - cvb
‘Rasul ran into Ramazan.’

Latin incurro

Valency pattern: NOM_inACC
X: NOM
Y: inACC
Locus: Y
in me incurr-it Rom-a veni-ens Curio me-us
in i . acc encounter[ prf ]- ind . act .3 sg r ome( f )- abl . sg come- prs . ptcp . act . nom . sg pn ( m ). nom . sg my- nom . sg . m
‘My Curio, coming from Rome, ran into me.’
Note: ( Cic. Ep. ad Att. 2, 12, 2)

Mandarin Chinese yùjiàn

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Zhāngsān yùjiàn le Lǐsì
pn meet pfv pn
‘Zhangsan encountered Lisi.’

Mingrelian še-Ø-xvad-un-Ø (FUT)

Valency pattern: ERG_DAT
X: ERG
Y: DAT
Locus: Y
čelo-k anučia-s ke-še-Ø-xvad-(u).
pn - erg pn - dat aff - prv - io 3-meet-( s 3 sg . pst )
‘Chelo met Anuchia.’

Modern Hebrew nitkal

Valency pattern: SBJ_be
X: SBJ
Y: be
Locus: Y
Pinχas nitkal be Menaχem
pn bump.into[ pst .3 sg . m ] in pn
‘Pinchas encountered Menachem.’

Nanai baači-

Valency pattern: NOM_INS
X: NOM
Y: INS
Locus: Y
Petia Maša-ǯi baače-la-xa-ni
pn pn - ins meet- pfv - pst - p .3 sg
‘Petia encountered Masha.’

Nivkh vord

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Kaskazik Ajsana + оr-d
pn pn + encounter- ind
‘Kaskazik encountered Ajsana.’

Northern Mansi kasalaxtas

Valency pattern: NOM_NOMjot
X: NOM
Y: NOMjot
Locus: Y
ēkwa kāsal-axt-as āji-te jot
woman see- refl - pst .3 sg daughter- poss .3 sg with
‘The woman encountered her daughter (accidently).’

Northern Yukaghir nˈinū=

Valency pattern: NA
X: *
Y: *
Locus: *
Sǝmiǝn Əkulˈǝ-nˈǝŋ nˈi-nū-ŋi
pn pn - com recp -find- tr .3 pl
‘Semien encountered Akulina.’
Note: Not included in the database because X and Y are expressed as a single comitative NP .

Norwegian Bokmål å møte

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Per møt-te Ola
pn meet- pst pn
‘Per encountered Ola.’

Polish spotkać

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
Paweł spotka-ł Mart-ę
pn [ nom . sg ] encounter: pfv - pst [ m .3 sg ] pn - acc . sg
‘Paweł encountered Marta.’

Russian vstretitʹsja

Valency pattern: NOM_sINS
X: NOM
Y: sINS
Locus: Y
Pet-ja vstreti-l-sja s Maš-ej
pn ( m )- nom . sg meet( pfv )- pst [ m . sg ]- refl with pn ( f )- ins . sg
‘Petja encountered Maša.’

Serbian sresti

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
Petar je sre-o Marij-u
pn . nom . sg be. prs .3 sg meet. part . perf . m . sg pn - acc . sg
‘Petar encountered Maria.’

Shughni wīntow

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: OBL
Locus: TR
Ahmat=i Azim půnd-ti wīn-t
pn =3 sg pn road- sup see- pst
‘Ahmat encountered Azim on the road.’

Skolt Saami teeivõõttâd

Valency pattern: NOM_COM
X: NOM
Y: COM
Locus: Y
Peâtt teeivõõđ-i Määrja-in
pn . sg . nom encounter- pst .3 sg pn - sg . com
‘Pete encountered Maria’

Slovak stretnúť

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
Peter streto-l Mark-a
pn ( m )[ nom . sg ] meet( pfv )- pst [ m . sg ] pn ( m )- acc . sg
‘Peter encountered Marek.’

Slovenian srečati

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
Pavel je sreča-l An-o
pn [ nom . sg ] aux .3 sg meet: pfv - lpt [ m . sg ] pn - acc . sg
‘Pavel ran into Ana.’

Sorani Kurdish tûʂ bûn

Valency pattern: NA
X: *
Y: *
Locus: *
Hîwa le bazar-ê lepir̂da tûʂ-î Zanko-î bû-Ø
pn from market- loc accidentally encounter- izf pn - obl be. pst -3 sg
‘Hiwa accidentally encounterd Zanko on the street.’
Note: Not included in the database because Y is expressed as an NP-internal modifier. The OBL morpheme is used as a residual case marker here.

Spanish encontrarse

Valency pattern: SBJ_con
X: SBJ
Y: con
Locus: Y
Pedro se ha encontra-do con María
pn [ sg . m ] refl .3 sg aux . 3 sg encounter- ptcp : prf with pn [ sg . f ]
‘Pedro encountered Maria.’

Swedish att träffa på

Valency pattern: TR
X: SBJ
Y: DO
Locus: TR
Björn träffa-de Maja
pn meet- pst on pn
‘Björn encountered Maja.’
Note: Phrasal verb ( is not a flagging device).

Tagalog

Valency pattern: TR
X: ACT
Y: UND
Locus: TR
Na-ka-salubong ni Pedro si Miguel
potpv - com - pfv .encounter pers . gen pn pers . subj pn
‘Pedro encountered Miguel.’
Note: ??? Think about the COM marker. Initially, this form was interpreted as Naka-salubong (POTAV-PFV.encounter). However, the choice of the more logical interpretation (POTPV-COM) was based on “the noun marker interpretation, and not due to uninfluenced voice-marker on the verb judgement”). Alternative is a construction where X and Y are encoded as conjoined NPs: “Nag-ka-salubong sina Pedro at Miguel” [AV-COM-PFV.encounter 3PL.SUBJ PN CONJ PN] ‘Pedro encountered Miguel’.

Telugu kaliyu

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
pravīṇ maheṣ-ni anukōkuṁḍā kalisāḍu
pn ( m ). sg . nom pn ( m ). sg . obl - acc accidentally unite. pst .3 sg . m
‘Praveen accidentally met Mahesh.’

Turkish rastlamak

Valency pattern: NOM_DAT
X: NOM
Y: DAT
Locus: Y
Mehmet Filiz-e rastla-dı
pn pn - dat come_across- pst
‘Mehmet encountered Filiz’.

Ulcha ačala-

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
um ńī-wə ačal-xa
one human- acc meet- pst
‘[This boy] encountered a person.’
Note: This example is taken from natural texts.

Uzbek ko’rib qolmoq

Valency pattern: TR
X: NOM
Y: ACC
Locus: TR
Petya Maša-ni ko’r-ib qol-di
pn pn - acc see- cvb leave- pst .3 sg
‘Petja encountered Maša.’

West Central Oromo ɗufa

Valency pattern: NOM_LOC
X: NOM
Y: LOC
Locus: Y
obsaa-n tolaa-tti ɗuf-e
pn - nom pn - loc come-3 sg . m . pfv
‘Obsa encountered Tolaa.’

Zilo Andi badi <w>-ukː.u

Valency pattern: AFF_NOM
X: AFF
Y: NOM
Locus: X
ali-<w>o badi aliħadʒi w-ukː.u
pn - aff < m > forth pn [ m ][ nom ] m -fall. pst ( aor )
‘Ali met Aligaji’