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Cause

Cause and causation in motion context is when physical force causes motion. The classic example of this is when one billiard ball hits another and causes it to move.


Example:

Jeg dyttet skapet bortover.
“I pushed the closet”
Jeg
jeg
I1SG
N
dyttet
dyttet
pushedPAST
V
skapet
skapet
closettheDEF
N
bortover
bortover
along
ADVm


One interpret this as "I caused the closet to move by pushing it"


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