Wednesday 7 May 2014

Dependent Clause Of Location Vs Circumstance Of Location



Location as (ranking) dependent clause in a clause complex:

our frogs
start croaking
when
the sun
sets
a
x b
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Actor
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Location as circumstance with embedded (rankshifted) clause:

our frogs
start croaking
about the time
[[the sun
sets]]
Behaver
Process
Location



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Location as circumstance without embedding (rankshift):

our frogs
start croaking
at sunset
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Location

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