| . | a. | amatorque | noster | mihi | libros | eos |
| Latin | lover.M(NOM.SG):and | our:NOM.SG.M | I:DAT | book.M:ACC.PL | ANA:ACC.PL.M |
| | quos | Ser. | Claudius | reliquit | donavit |
| REL:ACC.PL.M | Servius | Claudius | leave.behind\PRF:3.SG | present:PRF:3.SG |
| and a great friend of mine donated those books that Ser. Claudius left behind to me (Cic.
Att. 1, 20) |
| b. | me | saucium | recreavit, | me | praeda | donavit |
| I:ACC | wounded:ACC.SG.M | recreate:PRF:3.SG | I:ACC | booty.F:ABL.SG | present:PRF:3.SG |
| me did he heal when I was wounded, me did he endow with the booty (Cic. Mur. 18) |
| . | a. | et | aspersus | est | sanguis | eorum |
| Latin | and | sprinkle:PTCP.PASS:NOM.SG.M | be.PRS:3.SG | blood.M:NOM.SG | ANA:GEN.PL.M |
| | super | vestimenta | mea |
| over | cloth.N:ACC.PL | my:ACC.PL.N |
| and their blood was sprinkled over my clothes (Hier. Is. 63, 3) |
| b. | aspersusque | est | sanguine | paries |
| sprinkle:PTCP.PASS:NOM.SG.M:and | be.PRS:3.SG | blood.M:ABL.SG | wall.F:NOM.SG |
| and the wall was sprinkled with [her] blood (Hier. 2 rg. 9, 33) |
Reassignment of syntactic functions in the Latin locative alternation
syntactic function of
version ╲ | manipulated object | goal |
|---|
| valency frame 1 | direct object | indirect/prepositional object |
| valency frame 2 | instrumental adjunct | direct object |
This valency alternation is not coded.