Table 2.
SVO structure | Der | kleine | JungePTD | grüßt | den | lieben | Vater. |
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Thenom | littlenom | boy | greets3sg | theacc | niceacc | father. | |
“The little boy greets the nice father.” | |||||||
OVS structure | Den | lieben | VaterPTD | grüßt | der | kleine | Junge. |
Theacc | niceacc | father | greets3sg | thenom | littlenom | boy. | |
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“It is the nice father that the little boy is greeting.” |
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ambOVS structure | Die | liebe | Königin | grüßt | derPTD | kleine | Junge. |
Theamb | niceamb | queenfem | greets3sg | thenom | littlenom | boy. | |
“It is the nice queen that the little boy is greeting.” |
Note. The disambiguating word—the word from which the target picture could theoretically first be recognized by the participant—is indicated by PTD. Nom (nominative), acc (accusative), and amb (ambiguous case, here nominative or accusative) indicate the relevant case markings. 3sg indicates third person singular forms; fem indicates feminine gender. The meaning of the example sentence is given by the sentence in quotation marks. PTD = point of target disambiguation; SVO = subject–verb–object; OVS = object–verb–subject; ambOVS = ambiguous object–verb–subject.