. | a. | er | schenkt | mir | Bücher |
German | he.NOM | present:3.SG | I:DAT | book.N:(ACC)PL | |
he presents books to me |
b. | er | beschenkt | mich | (mit | Büchern) | |
he.NOM | APPL:present:3.SG | I:ACC | with | book.N:PL:DAT | ||
he endows me (with books) |
. | a. | er | spritzt | Blut | an | die | Wand |
German | he.NOM | spray:3.SG | blood.N(ACC.SG) | at | DEF:ACC.SG.F | wall.F(ACC.SG) | |
he sprays blood on the wall |
b. | er | bespritzt | die | Wand | (mit | Blut) | |
he.NOM | APPL:spray:3.SG | DEF:ACC.SG.F | wall.F(ACC.SG) | with | blood.N(DAT.SG) | ||
he sprays the wall (with blood) |
syntactic function of version ╲ | manipulated object | goal |
---|---|---|
basic | direct object | indirect/prepositional object |
applicative | instrumental adjunct | direct object |