spatial_configuration-47.6
[spatial_configuration-47.6
Members
[balance(
1
4
), bend(
1
3
), bow(
1
3
4
), crouch(
2
), dangle(
1
2
), flop(), fly(
10
), hang(
1
2
5
10
12
13
14
15
), hover(
3
4
), jut(
1
), kneel(
1
), lean(
1
2
), lie(
1
2
), loll(
1
), loom(
3
), lounge(
1
), nestle(
1
), open(
1
), perch(
1
3
), plop(
3
), project(
2
10
), protrude(
1
), recline(
1
2
), rest(
1
5
8
10
), rise(
4
), roost(
1
), sag(
1
2
), sit(
1
2
), slope(
1
), slouch(), slump(), sprawl(
1
), squat(
1
2
), stand(
1
10
), stoop(
4
), straddle(
1
), swing(
1
6
), tilt(
1
), tower(
1
)]
Thematic Roles
Agent[+animate]
Theme[+concrete]
Location[+location -region]
Frames
Basic Intransitive (some verbs)
"John slouched"
Theme V
position(E,Theme,Pos)
Intransitive (+ locative PP)
"The statue stood on the corner"
Theme V Prep[+loc] Location
position(E,Theme,Pos) Prep(E,Theme,Location)
There-insertion
"There stood on the corner a statue"
there V Prep[+loc] Location Theme[-definite]
position(E,Theme,Pos) Prep(E,Theme,Location)
Locative Inversion
"On the pedestal stood a statue"
Prep[+loc] Location V Theme
position(E,Theme,Pos) Prep(E,Theme,Location)
Causative (some verbs, cf. put_spatial-9.2)
"They stood the statue on the pedestal"
Agent V Theme Prep[+loc] Location
cause(Agent,E) !position(start(E),Theme,Pos) position(end(E),Theme,Pos) Prep(E,Theme,Location)
]