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Value Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
Examples
Mi tek di bat ge shi wan kraas shi bak.
Mi
1sg
tek
take
di
art
bat
bat
ge
give
shi
3sg
wan
one
kraas
across
shi
3sg
bak.
back
I took the bat and gave her a blow across her back. OR: I gave her a blow across her back with the bat.
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