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A verb's ''frame'' is a little "signature" that tells you | A verb's ''frame'' is a little "signature" that tells you how a verb will operate on the next verb when making a [[serial verb]]. | ||
For example, the frame of {{t|sue}} is <code>c c 1</code>, meaning it has two " | For example, the frame of {{t|sue}} is <code>c c 1</code>, meaning it has two "common" slots, and one "1-ary" property slot that will, in a serial verb, [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|merge away]] with the subject of the next verb. | ||
If the frame is all <code>c</code> (no digits), then this verb cannot act as the left side or "auxiliary" verb in a serial; any following verb will be treated as an [[adjective]]. | |||
A frame consists of as many space-separated glyphs as it has argument slots, and each one describes what can go in that slot: | A frame consists of as many space-separated glyphs as it has argument slots, and each one describes what can go in that slot: | ||
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! Glyph !! Meaning !! Telltale phrase !! Serial behavior | ! Glyph !! Meaning !! Telltale phrase !! Argument type !! Serial behavior | ||
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| <code>c</code> || " | | <code>c</code> || "common" argument || none || anything || none | ||
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| <code>0</code> || 0-ary relation ([[proposition]]) || "that ▯ is the case" || [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|Merge-into]] | | <code>0</code> || 0-ary relation ([[proposition]]) || "that ▯ is the case" || {{t|ꝡä}}-clause* || [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|Merge-into]] | ||
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| <code>1</code> || 1-ary relation ([[property]]) || "to satisfy property ▯" || [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|Merge-away one]] | | <code>1</code> || 1-ary relation ([[property]]) || "to satisfy property ▯" || {{t|lä}}-clause with 1 {{t|já}}* || [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|Merge-away one]] | ||
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| <code>2</code> || 2-ary relation ([[relation]]) || "to be in relation ▯ with" || [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|Merge-away two]] | | <code>2</code> || 2-ary relation ([[relation]]) || "to be in relation ▯ with" || {{t|lä}}-clause with 2 {{t|já}}* || [[Serial_verb#Merging_definitions|Merge-away two]] | ||
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<div style="font-size:0.8rem">*Or another [[noun form]] referring to the same thing, such as {{t|hụ́ꝡa}} or {{t|hóq}}.</div> | |||
Note that <code>c</code> does not mean the argument in that slot ''can't'' be a proposition or property. Frames do not restrict the semantic types of a verb's argument; they only say how and where serialization happens. | |||
== Coindexation == | == Coindexation == | ||
<div class="warningbox">This is an advanced section. You don't need to understand it to speak Toaq, but it might help you understand how programs like [[Kuna]] work.</div> | |||
Sometimes you might see the letters <code>ijx</code> in a frame. For example, {{t|sue}}'s frame is listed as <code>c c 1j</code> in the official dictionary. | Sometimes you might see the letters <code>ijx</code> in a frame. For example, {{t|sue}}'s frame is listed as <code>c c 1j</code> in the official dictionary. | ||
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The letter <code>x</code> means that there is no coindexation between the arguments of the verb and that lambda argument. The frame of {{t|mıa}} is <code>c 2ix</code> because the relation is applied between {{orange|<tt>i</tt>}} and "many things x". | The letter <code>x</code> means that there is no coindexation between the arguments of the verb and that lambda argument. The frame of {{t|mıa}} is <code>c 2ix</code> because the relation is applied between {{orange|<tt>i</tt>}} and "many things x". | ||
When recovering the [[deep structure]] of clauses using serial verbs, this coindexation info is used to translate serial verbs into non-finite clauses, turning their lambda arguments into covert pronouns (called "PRO") that correctly coindex with earlier DPs. | |||
{{Example|Nue caq mí Joq mí Bıo túe.|{{orange|mí Joq<sub>i</sub>}} ''v''<sub>cause</sub> [mí Bıo nue [{{orange|PRO<sub>i</sub>}} ''v''<sub>cause</sub> [caq túe]]]}} | |||
{{Example|Sue caq mí Joq mí Bıo túe.|mí Joq ''v''<sub>cause</sub> [{{blue|mí Bıo<sub>j</sub>}} sue [{{blue|PRO<sub>j</sub>}} ''v''<sub>cause</sub> [caq túe]]]}} | |||
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRO_(linguistics) PRO (linguistics)] on Wikipedia. | |||