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Again, each such frame is identified by a '''serial signature''' and a representative. | Again, each such frame is identified by a '''serial signature''' and a representative. | ||
But this time, the elements of the signature describe "what happens to this argument slot, when this verb is the first | But this time, rather than describing "what can this argument slot be filled with?", the elements of the signature describe: "what happens to this argument slot, when this verb is the first (left-hand) verb in a serial verb?" | ||
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These are the possible '''serial types''' an argument place can have: | |||
* <code>x</code> or <code>c</code> means that this argument place remains untouched and will still be there in the resulting serial verb. | * <code>x</code> or <code>c</code> means that this argument place remains untouched and will still be there in the resulting serial verb. | ||
* <code>0</code> means that this place will be subsumed by all of the right-hand verb's arguments: | * <code>0</code> means that this place will be subsumed by all of the right-hand verb's arguments: | ||
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* <code>2</code> means that this place will be subsumed by all of the right-hand verb's arguments, '''merging''' with its first two: | * <code>2</code> means that this place will be subsumed by all of the right-hand verb's arguments, '''merging''' with its first two: | ||
** <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> all reciprocally satisfy <b style="color:gray">2</b></span> + <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:#ba0">x</b> agrees with <b style="color:green">x</b> that <b style="color:teal">0</b> is the case</span> = <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> all agree that <b style="color:teal">0</b> is the case</span> | ** <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> all reciprocally satisfy <b style="color:gray">2</b></span> + <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:#ba0">x</b> agrees with <b style="color:green">x</b> that <b style="color:teal">0</b> is the case</span> = <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> all agree that <b style="color:teal">0</b> is the case</span> | ||
* <code>e</code> means that this place will disappear, '''merging''' with "[[Kind|{{t|baq}}]] '' | * <code>e</code> means that this place will disappear, '''merging''' with "[[Kind|{{t|baq}}]] ''right-hand-verb''". | ||
** <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> takes care of <b style="color:gray">e</b></span> + <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:#ba0">x</b> is a cat</span> = <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> takes care of cat(s).</span> | ** <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> takes care of <b style="color:gray">e</b></span> + <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:#ba0">x</b> is a cat</span> = <span style="background:#ddf;padding:4px"><b style="color:red">x</b> takes care of cat(s).</span> | ||
** Such a slot is known as an '''exhibitor slot''' (hence <code>e</code>), and the resulting serial is a '''genitival serial'''. | ** Such a slot is known as an '''exhibitor slot''' (hence <code>e</code>), and the resulting serial is a '''genitival serial'''. | ||
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* Semantic frame <code>(c c)</code> corresponds to serial frame <code>(x e)</code>. Example: {{t|hea}}, {{t|kıaı}}, {{t|tuı}}. | * Semantic frame <code>(c c)</code> corresponds to serial frame <code>(x e)</code>. Example: {{t|hea}}, {{t|kıaı}}, {{t|tuı}}. | ||
* Otherwise (i.e. <code>(c c c)</code> and beyond, like {{t|kuq}}), the verb cannot serialize. | * Otherwise (i.e. <code>(c c c)</code> and beyond, like {{t|kuq}}), the verb cannot serialize. | ||
TODO: what happens to {{t|jıe}}? |