Language: Eastern Armenian (standard Eastern Armenian)
Contributors: Victoria Khurshudian and Michael Daniel
References: Daniel et al. 2009.0
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: BREAK [break]
Comment: corpus frequencies: 8767/2678/0 (basic/middle/causative)
Schema: 1-nom 2-nomdat (3-instr) V.subj[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breaker | NP-nom V.subj | A |
| 2 | broken thing | NP-nomdat | P |
| 3 | breaking instrument | NP-instr | I |
| (31) |
Տղան պատուհանը քարով ջարդեց: Tʁan patuhanə kʰaɾov ǯaɾdecʰ. tʁa-n boy-def patuhan-ə window-def kʰaɾ-ov stone-instr ǯaɾd-ecʰ break-aor.3sg The boy broke the window with the stone. |
| (182) |
Ես գնդակը նետեց պատին, այն հետ թռավ և ջարդեց պատուհանը: Jes gndakə netecʰ patin, ajn het tʰrav jev ǯaɾdecʰ patuhanə. jes I.nom gndak-ə ball-def net-ecʰ throw-aor.3sg pat-i-n wall-gen-def ajn that het with tʰr-av fly-aor.3sg jev and ǯaɾd-ecʰ break-aor.3sg patuhan-ə window-def I throw a ball at the wall, it bounced and broke a window. Comment: ‘throw’: caused contact |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
