Re: Q's abuot trigger again

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:32:09 -0500, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
wrote:

>On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:26:15PM +0100, Carsten Becker wrote:
>> From: "Amanda Babcock" <ababcock@...>
>[snip]
>> I-TRIG write-AGT [an essay]-PAT [my pen]-INST
>> [an essay]-TRIG write-PAT I-AGT [my pen]-INST
>> [my pen]-TRIG write-INST I-AGT [an essay]-PAT  => why is "to write" the
>> instrument?
>[snip]
>
>It is not; "to write" is the verb. The function of the trigger is marked
>on the verb rather than on the trigger. I.e., if the trigger is
>functioning as an intrument, then you inflect the *verb* for an
>instrumental function; if the trigger is functioning as a patient, then
>you inflect the *verb* for a patient function.
OK! OK! I must have mixed up all those silly affixes (-ee, -bla, ...).

Thanks Christophe, too!