tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 11 16:01:26 1999
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Re: -moH Curiousity {was Re: deep structures}
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -moH Curiousity {was Re: deep structures}
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:01:13 CST
> A noun with /-vaD/ and
>
> 1. Any verb without /-moH/: the noun is the regular beneficiary/indirect obje
> ct
> (in your words, "beneficiary of the root verb").
>
> 2. An intransitive verb with /-moH/: the noun is still the regular indirect
> object.
>
> 3. A transitive verb with /-moH/: the noun is the "beneficiary of the
> causation",
> or the object which is compelled by the subject to perform the verb.
>
all right. jIyajchu'.
> For 2. and 3., the prefix trick can be used to replace /jIHvaD/ or /SoHvaD/.
> This
> doesn't change them into direct objects; they are still the beneficiaries.
> This is
> just a short-hand way to refer to them.
>
here I disagree to the extent that you cannot use the prefix trick
if there is no explicitly stated Direct Object.
otherwise {muHoHmoH} would again be ambiguous, as it could mean
both "She makes (someone) kill me" or, as a shortcut for
{jIHvaD HoHmoH}, "She makes me kill"...
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]