Verbs and situations

Verbs and situations

1. Causatives

   • A situation is brought about -caused- by whatever the subject noun phrase refers to, and the caused situation is described by the embedded clause.
   • Adverbial Diagnostics
     • Indirect causation
       • Someone does something and causes and situation which can be traced back to that person's act.
     • Direct causation
       • An event that was caused by an act distant in time and not intended to result.
     • Transitive Sentences
     • Intransitive Sentences