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
dytte	t
push	edPAST
V

skapet
skap	et
closet	theDEF
N

bortover

bortover

along

ADVm

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

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