
more on argument structures and common case postpositions

Some other theta-role postpositions:

cxul-i		transitory object of performance
rjax-i		object of quest or desire
cqiq-rq		from, copied from, extracted from, quoted from
txiq-o		on behalf of, for the benefit of
txiq-rq		by/with the help of
hxun-i		with, together with, in company with
peq'sxliq-i	focused body part or mental faculty

{cxul-i} is used for the direct objects of verbs like "sing", "read aloud", "perform", 
and "play": transitory processes that are over when the action of the verb is over,
or which are the action of the verb re-conceptualized as nouns, or transitory 
process-instantiations of more permanent abstract informational entities.

kuln   renx hxun-i     {oklahomeq-wam-nxa}          cxul-i     hwaxwm-sxrun-zox   pq tu-i.
friend many meeting-at Oklahoma-NAME.P-ATD.surprise perform-at acting-music-V.ACT 3  AGT-at
She performed/sang in "Oklahoma!" with several friends.

twax-cu         poq  cqiq-rq   du      ciq-pa  cxul-i     lju-gju-zox.
sentence-system that copy-from section one-ORD perform-at read-speak-V.ACT
I read aloud the first part of that poem.

go-gam    cxul-i     piqw-moxj   kq  pe  brajeqn-ram.
Go-NAME.G perform-at play-V.RECP 1   and Brian-NAME
Brian and I played Go.

{rjax-i}, object of quest, is used for the objects of verbs of
seeking, desire, etc., that are not necessarily present or even
existent, in contrast to {kax-i}, object of attention, where the
object is generally within range of the experiencer's senses.

{Codex.Seraphinianus} %%rjax-i%%    sru-txox-van.
(title)                %%quest-at%% desire-DIM-V.STATE
I would like a copy of the _Codex Seraphinianus_ (but am not likely to get it).


saxln-graxm    mew  %%rjax-i%%   kaxj-tla              nxaxw-o lax-zox; 
ticket-message also %%quest-at%% exchange-professional call-to request-V.ACT

mojq te-ta-pq-van.
but  3.INAN-without-3-V.STATE
I asked the clerk for some postage stamps, too; but she had none.

{txiq} "helping" derives two different benefactive postpositions:

tax-ma-jxiqn       %%txiq-o%%  txunq kriq-o    lju-txaj-zox.
sibling-meta-young %%help-to%% story create-to read-OPP1-V.ACT
I wrote a story for my little cousin.

brajeqn-ram %%txiq-rq%%  gjax-kriq         poq  kujm-o    pxyr-toxn-cu      kriq-o.
Brian-NAME  %%help-from%% language-create that purpose-to suffix-GNR-system create-to
With Brian's help I created an inflection paradigm for that conlang.


{peq'sxliq} signifies the body part or mental faculty one's attention
is currently focused upon, or which is clamoring for attention.  The
postposition {peq'sxliq-i} is used in place of {kax-i} or {miq-i} for
body parts in some contexts.

taxlm   peq'sxliq-i   jyn-cox-van.
head    focal.part-at pleasure-OPP2-V.STATE
My head hurts. / lit., I suffer pain focused in my head.

vax       peq'sxliq-i   zqaxw-van     plyn-box.
digestion focal.part-at feel-V.STATE  full-ADJ
I feel full / I don't feel hungry. / lit., I feel fullness focused in the digestive system.



...need to get list of argument structures from March-July 2008 notebook, p. 50

notes on how -txaj and -cox affect argument structures, xref with ditransitives
section

how it affects perception verbs: jqaxr-i maps to dxiq-i, kax-i maps to miq-i ... ?




kax-txaj-van	d	aspekti, sxajni; to seem, appear [subject {miqi-i} seems to have quality {nxiqn-i} to {jqaxr-i} or unspecified entities; or, {dxoqnx} clause seems true (to {jqaxr-i} or unspecified entities] (xref {wu-ga})	nxiqn	1998	


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Argument structures of verbless sentences


sxrun-twax   cxul-i.
music-saying performance-at
I sing a song.

sxrun-twax   kriq-o.
music-saying create-to
I compose a song.

