[lojban] Lexical Semantics

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

According to this monograph,

http://www.eskimo.com/~ram/lexical_semantics.html

all verbs (predicates) can be considered in terms of its dynamism
(static or dynamic) and the case role(s)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_role) of its argument(s). These
properties are abbreviated as follows:

s = static
d = dynamic

P = patient (or experiencer)
F = focus (or goal)
A = agent
AP = agent-patient

Combined, they can indicate what we in Lojbanistan call a predicate's
place structure plus its dynamism. For example:

 la alis cu viska lo ractu (P/F-s)

The event denoted by {viska} is a perceptive state, so it's static.
It's also spontaneous whereby {la alis} is passively the patient, and
{lo ractu} is the focus of the event. In other words, x1 is P, and x2
is F. Therefore "P/F-s". Another example:

 la alis cu catlu lo ractu (AP/F-s)

In the event of {catlu}, {la alis} is not only the patient but also
the agent in maintaining the state of "looking at". The x1 of {catlu}
is therefore AP.

A dynamic predicate involves a change in state. For example:

 la alis cu visfa'i lo ractu (P/F-d)

This bridi expresses an event in which the relationship between {la
alis} and {lo ractu} changes from "has not found" to "has found".

The monograph lays out on a few other case roles such as "co-subject"
and "non-subject". An example of "co-subject" in Lojban may be the x1
and x4 of {canja}, both of which are equally the experiencers of the
event of {canja}.


My question is: Is it possible to analyse all Lojban selbri from this
linguistic perspective, consistently? It seems worthwhile because the
monograph is intended to be "a reference manual for a machine
translation interlingua", which i suppose is one of Lojban's design
principles too.

For instance, how would you analyse {klama} according to the scheme?

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