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Re: Trigger language?

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 6:22
>OTOH, consider the following case: > man(org) turn(v) someone(cvy) something(rcp) > "The man turns someone towards something". > >Here, the "someone" is being directed towards the "something". So >"someone" is conveyant, whereas "something" is receptive. I guess you may >say the conveyant case is sorta like a patient case. Note also that this >sentence may equally validly be understood as "someone turns away from the >man towards something".
Unless you used the instrumental: man(inst) turn(v) someone(cvy) something(rcp) "The man turns someone towards something (but not necessarily away from himself)" Which leaves open this possibility: man(inst) turn(v) someone(cvy) one-thing(org) another-thing(rcp) M

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