chūxiàn (出现)

Language: Mandarin Chinese (PTH)

Contributors: Guohua Zhang

Unknown verb

Verb meaning: APPEAR [appear]

Comment: chūxiàn well matches appear both semantically and syntactically, especially in that both words can enter the Locative Alternation. chūxiàn is used as an intransitive verb.

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1 > V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 appearer Ø S
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.

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.