Event Structure

Sense · not an Index 2 lemma

sell

Recipient, theme, and a price that is one MeasureP. The entry says sell is not trade and not pay.

Hierarchy

Pat sold Chris a lawnmower for a MeasureP. Amount and Denomination are inside that price, not two verbal sisters. $20 and twenty dollars are the same MeasureP.

English frames

  1. ✓ Pat sold Chris a lawnmower for how many dollars?
  2. * Pat sold Chris a lawnmower for what twenty.
  3. ✓ In what currency did Pat sell Chris a lawnmower for twenty?

The flat grid Pat sold Chris a lawnmower for $20 is what the entry says was labeled too flatly. Recipient HAS the goods. Price is not pay’s Amount-to-Recipient.

Corpus filenames

The Group A derivation file is named and not opened. Seven sell files in the seed.