yiⁿcal

Language: Bezhta

Contributors: Zaira Khalilova and Bernard Comrie

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: TIE [tie]

Comment: 'to tie'

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-erg 2-abs 3-instr LOC4 abs[2].V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 tier NP-erg A
2 tied thing NP-abs & abs.V P
3 tying instrument NP-instr I
4 tying goal LOC X
Examples for basic coding frame:
(19)

Öždi waya sabaliyad micoyo xöxił.
öždi
boy.ERG
waya
cow(III).ABS
sabali-ya-d
rope-OBL-INSTR
m-ico-yo
III-tie-PST
xöx-i-ł
tree-OBL-INTER
The boy tied the cow to the tree with the rope.

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.