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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Cogn Process. 2010 Dec 1;25(10):1354–1379. doi: 10.1080/01690960903488375
Sample Movies Event Type Target Sentences
intransitive/transitive
Manner Match Result Match
A bird pushes a
ball into a net
with a stick
Non-Causal
(Directed
Motion)
The bird tarked/tarked
the net.
A butterfly
pushes a ball out
of a net with a
stick
A boy kicks a
ball into a net
A boy hops
across the screen,
ending on a large
X
Non-Causal
(Directed
Motion)
The boy
dracked/dracked the X
A boy hops
across the
screen, starting
at a large X
A boy cartwheels
across the screen,
ending on a large
X
A butterfly
covers a box by
dripping paint on
it
Causal
(Change of
State)
The butterfly
glipped/glipped the box
A bird drips
paint beside a
box
A boy covers a
box by rolling
paint onto it
A girl builds a
sandcastle by
scooping and
dumping sand
Causal
(Creation)
The girl pilked/pilked
the sandcastle
A girl builds a
sandcastle
magically by
lifting her hat
A girl destroys a
sandcastle by
scooping and
dumping sand