• Map-Legend:
  • S-X-V
  • X-S-V
  • S-V-X
  • X-V-S
  • V-S-X
  • V-X-S
  • Mixed Data
  • No Data
LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Amharic13mS-X-V1S
Amharic13mS-V-X1P
Czech13mS-V-X0.5NA
Czech13mX-V-S1NA
Jula13mS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13mX-S-V1
Gagauz13mS-V-X1
Gagauz13mX-V-S1
Gagauz13mV-S-X1
Gagauz13mV-X-S0.5
Mongolian13mS-X-V1S
Mongolian13mX-S-V1P
Mongolian13mS-V-X1S
Huarong Chinese13mS-V-X1
Kazakh13mS-X-V1S
Kazakh13mX-S-V1P
Nepali13mS-X-V1
Newari13mS-X-V1P
Newari13mX-S-V1S
Polish13mS-X-V0.5
Polish13mX-S-V0.5
Polish13mS-V-X0.5
Polish13mX-V-S1
Polish13mV-X-S0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13mS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13mX-V-S1S
English13mS-V-X1
English13mX-V-S0.5CHECK
Standard German13mS-X-V1P
Standard German13mX-S-V1S
Thai13mS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13mS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13mX-S-V1P
Upper Sorbian13mS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13mX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13mS-V-X1NA
Oromo13mS-X-V1

(13) Is there word order variation in examples with a theme marked as an S argument that is marked for information structure?

Alternatives to be checked: S-X-V / X-S-V / S-V-X / X-V-S / V-S-X / V-X-S

III. Passive constructions
m) questioned theme argument

Prompt: What was given (to) my father?

The suit was given (to) my father. (S-V-X)

Explanation: Please try to re-use the lexical material of (9) if possible, so that we get minimal pairs.

Background: This question addresses possibilities of scrambling and freedom of word order.