TELL
| Typical context | The girl told the boy a funny story. |
|---|---|
| Microroles | teller, tellee, told content, tell causer |
Verb forms 10
| Language | Verb form | Basic Coding frame |
|---|---|---|
| English | tell | 1-nom > V.subj[1] > 2-acc > 3 |
| Russian | skazatʹ | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-dat UTT3 |
| German | erzählen | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-acc |
| Italian | raccontare | 1 > V.subj[1] > 2 (a+3) |
| Hokkaido Japanese | hanas-u | 1-nom 2-dat 3-acc V |
| Eastern Armenian | patmel | 1-nom 2-nomdat 3-dat V.subj[1] |
| Icelandic | segja (2) | 1-nom V.agr[1] 2-dat 3-acc |
| Mandarin Chinese | gàosù | 1 > V > 2 > 3 |
| Gothic | us-spillon | 1-nom V.subj[1] 2-dat |
| Latin | narrō | 1-nom 2-acc (3-dat) V.subj[1] |