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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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Special motion-from adposition
Example 21-113:
Emma is in the pool.
Emma
Emma
is
be
in
in
the
det
pool.
pool
Emma is in the pool.
Example 21-114:
Gerard pulled Kate out of the pool.
Gerard
Gerard
pull-ed
pull-
pst
Kate
Kate
out
out
of
of
the
det
pool.
pool
Gerard pulled Kate out of the pool.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Own knowledge
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