asobu

Language: Japanese (standard)

Contributors: Hideki Kishimoto and Taro Kageyama

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: PLAY [play]

Comment: With this verb, 'toy' is marked with instrumental marker. Since this verb does not have a transitive counterpart, it is not taken to participate in argument increasing alternation.

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-nom V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 player NP-nom S
Examples for basic coding frame:
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Kodomo-ga ason-de i-ru.
kodomo-ga
child-nom
ason-de
play-ger
i-ru
be-pres
The child is playing.

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.