Re: Re; Ergativity

John Cowan wrote at 2003-08-16 15:39:13 (-0400)
 > Tim May scripsit:
 >
[...]
 >
 > There's a Christmas carol, "The Holly and the Ivy", whose chorus goes:
 >
 >         Oh, the rising of the Sun,
 >         And the running of the deer;
 >         The playing of the merry organ,
 >         Sweet singing in the choir.
 >
 > "Sun" is S, "organ" is P, but I can't see how "deer" can be
 > anything but A, unless "running" here means "hunting" or some such.
 >

Surely it's S?

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