Language: Eastern Armenian (standard Eastern Armenian)
Contributors: Victoria Khurshudian and Michael Daniel
References: Daniel et al. 2009.0
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: FALL [fall]
Comment: corpus frequencies: 89371/0/0 (basic/middle/causative)
Examples: see at the bottom
Schema: 1-nom (LOC2) V.subj[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fallee | NP-nom V.subj | S |
| 2 | fall goal | LOC | L |
| (70) |
Մարդն ընկավ գետնին: Maɾdn ənkav getnin. maɾd-n man-def ənka-v fall-aor.3sg getn-i-n floor-dat-def The man fell (to the ground). |
| (71) |
Մարդն ընկավ (գետնի վրա): Maɾdn ənkav (getni vɾa). maɾd-n man-def ənka-v fall-aor.3sg getn-i floor-gen vɾa on The man fell (to the ground). |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (149) |
Սիմոնյանը ձեռքից ցած գցեց բաժակը փլվեց իր աթոռին ու հեծկլտաց: Simonyanə ʒerkʰicʰ cʰac gcʰecʰ bažak-ə pʰlvecʰ ir atʰorin u heckltacʰ. simonyan-ə Simonyan-def ʒerkʰ-icʰ hand-abl cʰac down gcʰ-ecʰ drop-aor.3sg bažak-ə glass-def pʰl-v-ecʰ ruin-med-aor.3sg ir self.gen atʰor-i-n chair-dat-def u and hecklt-acʰ sob-aor.3sg Simonyan dropped the glass down off his hand, collapsed in his chair and sobbed. Comment: ‘drop’: lexical causative for ‘fall’ |
