BEAT
| Typical context | The boy beat the snake with a stick. |
|---|---|
| Microroles | beater, beatee, beating instrument, beat beneficiary, beat causer |
Verb forms 10
| Language | Verb form | Basic Coding frame |
|---|---|---|
| English | beat | 1-nom > V.subj[1] > 2-acc (> with+3) |
| Russian | bitʹ | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc (3-instr) |
| German | schlagen | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc |
| Italian | colpire | 1 > V.subj[1] > 2 (con+3) |
| Hokkaido Japanese | tatak-u | 1-nom 2-acc (3-instr) V |
| Eastern Armenian | cecel | 1-nom 2-nomdat (3-instr) V.subj[1] |
| Icelandic | lemja | 1-nom V.agr[1] 2-acc (með+3-dat) |
| Mandarin Chinese | pāidǎ | 1 > V > 2 |
| Gothic | slahan | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc (3-dat) |
| Latin | percutiō | 1-nom 2-acc V.subj[1] |