FRIGHTEN
| Typical context | The bear frightened the man. |
|---|---|
| Microroles | frightener, frightenee, frighten beneficiary, frightening thing/instr., scare causer |
Verb forms 11
| Language | Verb form | Basic Coding frame |
|---|---|---|
| English | frighten | 1-nom > V.subj[1] > 2-acc |
| English | scare | 1-nom > V.subj[1] > 2-acc |
| Russian | pugatʹ | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc (3-instr) |
| German | erschrecken | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc |
| Italian | spaventare | 1 > V.subj[1] > 2 |
| Hokkaido Japanese | kowagarase-ru | 1-nom 2-acc V |
| Eastern Armenian | vaχecʰnel | 1-nom 2-nomdat V.subj[1] |
| Icelandic | hræða | 1-nom V.agr[1] 2-acc |
| Mandarin Chinese | xià(hu) | 1 > V > 2 |
| Gothic | ogjan | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc |
| Latin | territō | 1-nom 2-acc V.subj[1] |