LING 3505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Thematic Relation
30 May 2016
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Sarah left the train station reluctantly early in the morning. Mia hung her clothes carefully in the backyard. Jack read a book idly in the library in the afternoon. The event itself is an argument of the verb (in the logical form) Adverbials take events as arguments e: variable over events. E (dance (e) & agent (f, e) & in (e, the garden)) E (read (e) & agent (j,e) & theme (a book, e) & idly (e) & in (e, the library) & in (e, the afternoon)) E (keep (e) & agent (s, e) & theme (her cash, e) & location (this drawer, e)) Whereas: sara keeps her cash in atlantic city. E e" (feel (e) & experience (g, e) & stimulus (e", e) & beat (e") & agent (her heart, e") & Neodavidsonian events: pg 253 ex. 1 a - marcia quickly shoved clive into the cupboard.
