compound:lvc:
Light-verb constructions are prevalent in New Persian and they appear in Middle Persian texts as well. In a number of cases, the construction is ambiguous. In passox kirdan ‘to make the answer’, the noun can be taken as object and the complement clause as an attributive clause of that object. However, as passox kirdan appears like a speech verb, the analysis as a light-verb construction is preferred.
- “(One) should not be ashamed of these two things: one, of illnes, and second, of a poor relative.”
az ēn dō tis šarm nē abāyēd kirdan ēk az wēmārīh ud dudīgar az xwēšāwand ī driyōš \n from this two thing shame not must do one from illnes and second from relative EZ poor compound:lvc(kirdan, šarm) advmod(abāyēd, nē) xcomp(abāyēd, kirdan) - “(One) should spend the profit on good deeds!”
bar pad kirbag uzēnag kirdan \n profit at good_deed expense make.NEC compound:lvc(kirdan, uzēnag) obj(kirdan, bar) - preferred analysis: “The spirit of wisdom replied that wisdom which (is) not accompanied by goodness cannot be considered as wisdom.”
mēnōy ī xrad passox kird kū xrad kē =š wehīh nē abāg pad xrad nē dārišn \n spirit EZ wisdom reply made that wisdom REL it goodness not with as wisdom not consider.NEC compound:lvc(kird, passox) mark(dārišn, kū) ccomp(kird, dārišn) - dispreferred analysis: “The spirit of wisdom gave the answer that wisdom which (is) not accompanied by goodness cannot be considered as wisdom.”
mēnōy ī xrad passox kird kū xrad kē =š wehīh nē abāg pad xrad nē dārišn \n spirit EZ wisdom reply made that wisdom REL it goodness not with as wisdom not consider.NEC obj(kird, passox) mark(dārišn, kū) acl(passox, dārišn)
compound:lvc in other languages: [axm] [hy] [pa] [pal] [ps] [tr] [tt] [u]