Re: Q's abuot trigger again

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:37:09PM +0100, Carsten Becker wrote:

> Focus/Trigger: -bla
> Agent: -uu
> Patient: -aa
> Instrument: -ii
>
> If I understood you right, in the sentence "I write an essay with my pen."
> would be
>
> I'm not sure, but perhaps you'd then have sentences like these:
> Ibla  writeuu an_essay    my_pen.     (*I* do it)
> I     writeuu an_essaybla my_pen.     (I write an *essay*)
> I     writeuu an_essay    my_penbla. (I do it with *my pen*)
No, you've missed the point.

The following would be trigger sentences, emphasizing each of the
arguments in turn:

Ibla writeuu an_essayaa my_penii  (the uu from I goes to write when I gets bla)
*I* write an essay with my pen.

an_essaybla writeaa Iuu my_penii  (the aa from an_essage goes to write)
I write *an essay* with my pen.

my_penbla writeii Iuu an_essayaa  (the ii from my_pen goes to write)
I write an essay with *my pen*.

Does that make it clearer?

Thanks,
Amanda

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