tada (타다)

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: CLIMB [climb]

Comment: This verb is homonymous to tada 'BURN', hence the numbering. The semantics of this verb covers a wide range of motions, which is not comparable to the English 'to climb'. It describes any upward motion that exceeds a given ground level, which is why this verb is used together with entities that have a sharp, vertical delimitation from the ground, hence vehicles, trees, walls and mountains (but not hills, maybe because they 'typically' are not steep and/or high), and the wind. This verb is peculiar in a sense that apparently this verb allows for either a NOM-ACC coding frame or a NOM-LOC coding frame, of which the reasons are not clear, although it seems that the motivations can be explained in a similar vein to GO. As a very tentative impression, compared with a NOM-LOC case frame, a NOM-ACC case frame seems to entail that the agent carries out an action with a specific intention, motivation, or goal in mind. This is not to say that a NOM-ACC coding frame could not entail the same as a NOM-LOC coding frame, but the important difference is maybe that a NOM-LOC does not entail a specific intentionality behind the action of climbing on something, whereas a NOM-ACC coding frame may do so. As you can see, my suggestions are rather vague (and possibly wrong) intimations than analyses and a lot more research remains to be carried out. Note that the NOM-ACC frame has been given here, since the NOM-LOC seems to apply mainly to vehicles, whereas the NOM-ACC coding frame can be applied to both vehicles and other categories such as trees or mountains.

Examples: see at the bottom

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-nom 2-acc V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 climber NP-nom A
2 climbing goal NP-acc P
Examples for basic coding frame:
(260)

많은 사람들이 버스를 타고 서락산에 등산하러 갔다.
Maneun saramdeuri beoseureul tago Seoraksane deungsanhareo gatta.
manh-eun
be_many-ATTR
saram-deul-i
person-PL-NOM
beoseu-reul
bus-ACC
ta-go
climb-CONV
Seoraksan-e
Seoraksan-LOC
deungsanha-reo
hiking:do-PURP
ga-ss-da
go-PST-DECL
Many people went on a bus to the Seorak mountains to go hiking.
(261)

원숭이가 나무를 잘 탄다.
Wonsungiga namureul jal tanda.
wonsungi-ga
monkey-NOM
namu-reul
tree-ACC
jal
well
ta-n-da
climb-NPST-DECL
The monkey climbs on the tree without any effort.

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.

Examples

(259)

많은 사람들이 배에 탔다.
Maneun saramdeuri baee tatta.
manh-eun
be_many-ATTR
saram-deul-i
person-PL-NOM
bae-e
ship-LOC
ta-ss-da
climb-PST-DECL
Many people have boarded the ship.