‘read’
| Argument frame: | X (read) Y |
| Stimulus sentence: | P. read an interesting book . |
| Predicate label Ru: | читать |
| Argument frame Ru: | X (читать) Y -а |
| Stimulus sentence Ru: | П. прочитал интересную книгу . |
| Valency pattern: ABS_IO |
| X: ABS |
| Y: IO |
| Locus: Y |
| a-phʷə́spa | k’tap–ǯ’aš’áqʷa-ḳ | d-á-pχ’a-ṭ |
| def -girl | book–interesting- indf | 3 sg . h . abs -3 sg . n . io -read( aor )- dcl |
| ‘The girl read an interesting book.’ | ||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: ERG |
| Y: ABS |
| Locus: TR |
| aslan.a | sa | iǯe | kitab | ruχ.u-ne |
| pn ( erg ) | one | good | book | read. pf - aor |
| ‘Aslan read a good book.’ | ||||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: SBJ |
| Y: DO |
| Locus: TR |
| brata | +kri-la | +spay | ctava |
| girl( f ) | read. pst - ls .3 f | good | book( m ) |
| ‘The girl read a good book.’ | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: NOM |
| Y: OBL |
| Locus: TR |
| modʲi | kasa-jʔ | pazu-da | tota-za |
| i | man- nom . sg .1 sg | paper- obl . sg .3 sg | count( pfv )-3 sg . so sg |
| ‘My friend read the letter’. | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: SBJ |
| Y: DO |
| Locus: TR |
| Pinχas | kara | sefer | meanjen |
| pn | read[ pst .3 sg . m ] | book | interesting |
| ‘Pinchas read an interesting book.’ | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: SBJ |
| Y: DO |
| Locus: TR |
| Per | les-te | en | interessant | bok |
| pn | read- pst | indf . m . sg | interesting | book |
| ‘Per read an interesting book.’ | ||||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: NOM |
| Y: ACC |
| Locus: TR |
| Pet-ja | pročita-l | interesn-uju | knig-u |
| pn ( m )- nom . sg | read( pfv )- pst [ m . sg ] | interesting- f . acc . sg | book( f )- acc . sg |
| ‘Petja read an interesting book.’ | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: ERG |
| Y: NOM |
| Locus: TR |
| rasul-a | q’ɨle | hɨɁɨ-r | ɢalin-dɨ | kitab |
| pn - erg | read | 4.do. pfv - cvb | thick- attr | book( nom ) |
| ‘Rasul read a thick book.’ | ||||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: NOM |
| Y: ACC |
| Locus: TR |
| Peâtt | looǥǥ-i | miõllǩiõʹssi | ǩeeʹrj |
| pn . sg . nom | read- pst .3 sg | interesting | book. sg . acc |
| ‘Pete read an interesting book.’ | |||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: NOM |
| Y: ACC |
| Locus: TR |
| An-a | je | prebra-l-a | zanimiv-o | knjig-o |
| pn - nom . sg | aux .3 sg | read: pfv - lpt - f . sg | interesting- acc . sg . f | book- acc . sg |
| ‘Ana read an interesting book.’ | ||||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: NOM |
| Y: ACC |
| Locus: TR |
| Mehmet | ilginç | bir | kitap | oku-du |
| pn | interesting | one | book | read- pst |
| ‘Mehmet read an interesting book.’ | ||||
| Valency pattern: TR |
| X: ERG |
| Y: NOM |
| Locus: TR |
| pat’imati-di | baʔ.i | interesni | χutʃa |
| pn - erg | read. pst ( aor ) | interesting | book[ inan 2][ nom ] |
| ‘Patimat has read an interesting book.’ | |||