Re: translation exercise
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 25, 2004, 19:21 |
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On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 10:35:44AM -0800, Philippe Caquant wrote:
> I analyse the sentence "I know who I want to take me
> home" like that:
>
> Main predicate : S = (X Takes Locutor Home)
> X = Agent (human being)
> To take (to escort) = verbal concept (semes: movement
> + comitative + protection)
> Locutor = Patient (human being)
> Home = (directional) locative complement (meaning:
> Locutor's [usual living] Place)
Interesting. I definitely interpret "home" as the home of X, not the
locutor. The setting (suggested by the title "Closing Time") is a bar,
and the intent of the line is that singer knows which of the other patrons
he would like to go home with after the bar closes to continue partying,
have sex, whatever.
-Mark
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