SVC in Mandarin Chinese (Tao 2009)

SVC in Mandarin Chinese (Tao 2009)
Type	conference article
Author(s)	Liang Tao
Editor(s)	Yun Xiao
Publication title	Serial Verb Construction in Mandarin Chinese: The interface of syntax and semantics
Publisher	NACCL-21
Annotator	Miaomiao Zhang
Corpus Link	SVC in Mandarin Chinese 1

General Information

This article belongs to the TC Category Interlinear Glossed Text from Linguistic Research.

In this category we collect TCwiki pages that feature Interlinear Glossed Text (IGT) from linguistic publications.

IGT are normally demarcated through indenting, numbering and a space above and under the example. One line of text is followed by one line of glosses and a line with free translation completes the pattern. IGTs from linguistic publications are of particular interest, since they represent a unique alignment of language data and linguistic theory. Example sentences from seminal articles are not rarely quoted in linguistic publications for decades which is another good reason why they need our attention.

In an effort to make IGT more accessible to linguistic research, we try to extract original IGT from linguistic publications and in same cases we provide additional linguistic glosses through a subsequent layer of annotation using the TypeCraft Glosser. In this way we hope to contribute to the re-usability of this data.

On each of the our pages that feature IGT from secondary sources, we also provide a short annotated bibliography, sometimes combined with a list of key-terms which can help to gain a perspective on the research questions raised in the original article. The 'Infobox' may contain further information about the linguistic framework used in the original article, as well as additional classifications of the phenomena treated, whenever that is possible.

Keyterms

Serial Verb Construction, multiple predicates

Original Interlinear Glossed Text

(1a)左先生去打电话叫车了。. Zuo214 Xian55sheng qu51 da214 dian51hua51 jiao51 che55 le. (Ding, p. 116) Zuo Mr. go make phone.call hire car CRS V1 V2 V3 ‘Mr. Zuo went to call for a taxi already (… went to make a phone call to hire a taxi).’	(1b)他脱了鞋走进房去。 Ta551 tuo55 le xie35 zou214 jin51 fang35 qu51. (Ding, p. 114) 3sg take-off PA shoe walk-enter house go V1 V2 V3 V4 ‘He took off his shoes and went into the house.’	(2a)我叫他去。 Wo214 jiao51 ta55 qu. (Ding et al, 1979:122) 1sg call 3sg go I’m going to call/get him.
(2b)我叫他去。 Wo214 jiao51 ta55 qu51 1sg tell/allow 3sg go I told/allowed him to go.	(4a)我吃饱了。 Wo214 chi55bao214 le. 1sg eat-full CRS I am full (from eating).	(4b)他养了一只小狗我想买。 Ta55 yang214 le yi51zhi55 xiao214gou214 wo214 xiang214 mai214 3sg raise. PA one Cl little dog 1sg want buy He has/raises a little dog, (and) I want to buy (it).
(4c)我恐怕他今天不回家 Wo214 kong214pa51 ta55 jin55tian55 bu51 hui35jia55. 1sg fear 3sg today Neg. go.back home I fear that s/he won’t go back home today.	(5)搁到锅里炸了吗？ D: ge33de guo55li zha35 le ma? Place to wok in fry CRS Q Did (you) place (it) into the pot to fry yet?	(9a)搁到锅里吗？炸了吗？ ? Ge33de guo55li ma? Zha35 le ma? Should (I) put (it) in the pot? Did (you) fry it?
(10a)你教他说英文了吗？ Ni214 jiao55 ta55 shuo55 Ying55wen35 le ma? 2sg teach 3sg speak English CRS Q Did you teach him to speak English?	(10b)你教他了吗？ ? Ni214 jiao55 ta55 le ma? Did you teach him?	(10b)说英文了吗？ shuo55 Ying55wen35 le ma? Do you / does he speak English?
(11a)他对你说实话了吗？ Ta55 dui51 ni214 shuo55 shi35hua51 le ma? 3sg to 2sg speak true.words CRS Q Did he tell you the truth?	(11b)他对你了吗？说实话了吗？ Ta55 dui51 ni214 le ma? ?shuo55 shi35hua51 le ma? He toward you? ?Did (he/you) speak the truth?	(12a)她会回娘家过节去的 Ta33 hui51 hui35 niang35jia guo51jie35 qu51 de. 3sg Fut return mother home spend festival go De She will go to her mother's home to spend the holiday.
(12b)她会回娘家。 ?Ta33 hui51 hui35 niang35jia. ?She will return to her mother’s house.	(12b)会过节去的。 Hui51 guo51jie35 qu51 de (She) will go there to spend the holidays.	(14a)他会把钱交给你的 Ta55 hui51 ba214 qian35 jiao55 gei214 ni214 de 3sg Fut BA money hand.in give 2sg De He will hand in the money to you.
(14b)他会把钱。 Ta55 hui51 ba214 qian35. Hui51 jiao55 gei214 wo214 de 3sg BA money hand.in give 1sg Le He will get money. He will hand the money to me.	(21a)你是客，坐着喝水吧 Ni214 shi51 ke51, zuo51 zhe he55 shui214 ba 2sg be guest sit Dur drink water Int You are the guest, please keep seated to enjoy some water	(21b)你是客，坐下喝着水吧 Ni214 shi51 ke51, zuo51 xia51 he55 zhe shui214 ba You are the guest. Sit down to be enjoying some water
(21c)你是客，坐着喝着水吧 Ni214 shi51 ke51, zuo51 zhe he55 zhe shui214 ba You are the guest. Keep seated and be enjoying some water	(21d)你是客，坐着喝了水再说 Ni214 shi51 ke51, zuo51 zhe he55 le shui214 zai51shuo55 You are the guest. Keep seated to finish drinking the water, then (we) discuss it	(22c)他脱了鞋走了进去 Ta55 tuo55 le xie35 zou214 le jin51qu51 3sg take off PF shoe walk PF enter go He took off his shoes and walked in
(22b)他脱下鞋，走着/了进去 Ta55 tuo55xia xie35 zou214 zhe55 / le jin51qu51 3sg take down shoe walk-Dur / PF enter go He took off his shoes and walked (with either zhe or le) in	(23a)她织着毛衣看书 Ta55 zhi55 zhe mao35yi55 kan51shu55 3sg knit Dur sweater read book She is knitting while reading	(23b)她织毛衣看着书 Ta55 zhi55 mao35yi55 kan51 zhe shu55 3sg knit sweater read Dur book When she knits she (has to) look at a book
(23c)她织着毛衣看着书 Ta55 zhi55 *zhe mao35yi55 kan51 *zhe shu55 3sg knit Dur sweater read Dur book She is knitting and reading	(24a)风吹着雪花满天飞 Feng55 chui55 zhe xue214hua55 man214tian55 fei55 Wind blow Adv/Dur snow flake full-sky fly The wind is blowing the snowflakes (making them) fly in the air	(24c)风吹着雪花满天飞的 ？Feng55 chui55 zhe xue214hua55 man214 tian55 fei55 *de The wind is blowing the snowflakes (making them) flying in the air
(25b)希望使得他快活 Xi55wang51 shi214 de ta55 kua51huo35 Hope makes him happy	(25b)希望使得他快活得 Xi55wang51 shi214 de ta55 kua51huo35 *de Hope makes him *so happy that	(25c)希望使着他快活得 Xi55wang51 shi51 zhe ta55 kuai51huo35 de 'Hope is making him so happy that (zhe-de)
(26)她婆婆叫她回家去 Ta55 po35po jiao51 ta55 hui35jia55 qu51.(Ding et al., 1979: 119) 3sg mother-In-law tell 3sg return home go Her mother-In-law told her to go back (return) home	(27a)她婆婆让了她回家了 Ta55 po35po rang51 le ta55 hui35 jia55 le Her mother-in-law has allowed her to go home now.'	(27)她婆婆让她回家了 Ta55 po35po rang51 ta55 hui35 jia55 le 3sg mother-In-law allow 3sg return home CRS Now her mother-In-law allows her to go home (didn’t allow her to do so before).
(26b)她婆婆叫她回了家去 Ta55 po35po jiao51 ta55 hui35 le jia55 qu51 Her mother-in-law tells her to have gone home	(28a)在那儿没得到答案 Zai51 nar51 mei35 de35dao da35an51 From there Neg obtain-arrive answer (They) didn’t obtain any answer from there	(28c)从那儿得到了答案 Cong35 nar51 de35dao le da35an51 From there obtain-arrive PF answer (They) obtained the answer from there
(30a)他跟我回了家 Ta55 gen55 wo214 hui35 le jia55 3sg with 1sg return-Perf home He and I went home. (or: he went home with me)	(30b)他跟我没回家 ?Ta55 gen55 wo214 mei35 hui35 jia55. 3sg with 1sg Neg. return home ?He with me did not go home. He and I did not go home	(30c)他跟我没确定关系 Ta55 gen55 wo214 mei35 que51ding51 guan55xi 3sg with 1sg Neg confirm relationship He and I did not (have not) confirm(ed) our relationship (official engagement)
(30d)他跟着我回了家 Ta55 gen55 zhe wo214 hui35 le jia55 Following me he went home (=he followed me and went home)	(31a)他给张晓琴当了秘书 Ta55 gei214 Zhang55 Xiao51qin35 dang55 le mi51shu 3sg to Z X work-as-Perf secretary He served as a secretary to Zhang Xiaoqin	(31b)他给张晓琴没当秘书 ?Ta55 … gei214 Zhang55 Xiao51qin35 mei35 dang55 mi51shu ?He to Zhang Xiaoqin did not work as a secretary
(31c)他给了张晓琴当秘书 Ta55 gei214 le Zhang55 Xiao51qin35 dang55 mi51shu He serves as a secretary to-ed (le) Zhang	(29a)他对我没说实话 Ta55 dui51 wo214 mei35 shuo55 shi35hua51 3sg to 1sg Neg. speak true word He did not tell me the truth (but may have done so to others) Compare: Ta55 dui51 wo214 hui51 shuo55 shi35hua51 de. He will tell me the truth (=He, to me, will tell the truth).	(29b)他对着我说了实话 Ta55 dui51zhe wo214 shuo55 le shi35hua51 Facing me, he told the truth
(32)他没有让你退？ Ta55 mei35’ou5 rang51 ni21 tui51 (Beijing04:5) 3sg Neg allow 2sg retire They have not allowed/permit you (me) to retire yet	(32)哪儿能让退呀？ Na21r neng35 rang51 tui51 ya how can allow retire Int How can they allow (you) to retire.