TALK
| Typical context | The girl talked to the boy about her dog. |
|---|---|
| Microroles | talker, talked to person, talked about content, talk causer |
Verb forms 11
| Language | Verb form | Basic Coding frame |
|---|---|---|
| English | talk | 1-nom > V.subj[1] (> to+2) (> about+3) |
| Russian | govoritʹ | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-dat UTT3 |
| German | sprechen | 1-nom V.subj[1] mit+2-dat |
| German | reden | 1-nom V.subj[1] mit+2-dat |
| Italian | parlare | 1 > V.subj[1] > (a+2) (di+3) |
| Hokkaido Japanese | hanas-u | 1-nom 2-dat 3-acc V |
| Eastern Armenian | χosel | 1-nom 2+het 3+masin V.subj[1] |
| Icelandic | tala | 1-nom V.agr[1] við-2-acc um+3-acc |
| Mandarin Chinese | tán(huà) | 1 > PREP+2 > V |
| Gothic | rodjan | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc 3-dat |
| Latin | loquor | 1-nom cum 2-abl V'.subj[1] |