Dative Phase 5: Use of a noun as the dative, or recipient, of an object or action (i.e., an "indirect object").
Utterance |
Context/Explanation |
Give me the money. |
me is coded as Dative 5. Main verb category would be Locative Action. Money is the object (i.e., the thing that is being given) and me is the recipient of the object. |
Tell Dad the joke. |
Dad would be coded as Dativet 5. Main verb category would be the single verb version of communication. |