Core arguments of a clause token #
What each core-argument position of a clause (ArgumentStructure.ArgPosition)
bears — a DP, its φ-features, its number — with none at an unfilled
position. The filled positions are the clause's valency.
Main definitions #
Clause.Arguments α— the assignment of anαto each filled position.Clause.Arguments.unaccusative,unergative,transitive,empty— the clause shapes by which positions are filled.Clause.Arguments.valency— the filled positions.Clause.Arguments.codingRole— the comparative S/A/P classification of a filled position; the clause, not the predicate, takes the classification.
Main results #
Clause.Arguments.unaccusative_isRootValency,transitive_isTransitive— the shapes land in the valency classes of [Coo19]'s division of labor.
What each core-argument position of a clause token bears, none where the
position is unfilled.
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- Clause.Arguments α = (ArgumentStructure.ArgPosition → Option α)
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An intransitive clause whose sole argument is internal.
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An intransitive clause whose sole argument is external.
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A transitive clause: an internal argument obj and an external one
subj.
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- Clause.Arguments.transitive obj subj ArgumentStructure.ArgPosition.internal = some obj
- Clause.Arguments.transitive obj subj ArgumentStructure.ArgPosition.external = some subj
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The filled positions.
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- c.valency = {p : ArgumentStructure.ArgPosition | (c p).isSome = true}
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The comparative classification of a filled position — the clause
takes the classification: the sole argument of a one-place clause is S;
in a two-place clause the external argument is A and the internal P.
ArgumentFrame.argumentRole classifies the slots of an argument frame by their
coding.
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An unaccusative clause's sole argument occupies the root's valency.
An unergative clause's sole argument occupies Voice's valency.