Alternation ‘Locative Inversion Alternation’ for Verb form ‘chūxiàn’

Basic coding frame Derived coding frame
1 > V → N/A

Alternation occurs: Regularly

Examples for basic coding frame

(19)

不一会儿，老虎出现了。
Bùyīhuìer,lǎohǔ chūxiàn le.
buyihuier
after.a.while
laohu
tiger
chuxian
appear
le
PERF
After a while, the tiger appeared.

Alternation examples

(120)

一只老虎出现在村子里。
Yīzhī lǎohǔ chūxiàn zài cūnzi lǐ.
yi-zhi
one-CL
laohu
tiger
chuxian
appear
zai
in
cunzi-li
village-inside
A tiger appeared in the village.
(290)

村子里出现了一只老虎。
Cūnzi lǐ chūxiàn le yīzhī lǎohǔ.
cunzi-li
village-inside
chuxian-le
appear-PERF
yi-zhi
one-CL
laohu
tiger
In the village appeared a tiger. / There appeared a tiger in the village.