CHAOS
  • 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
Amharic13nX-S-V0.5
Amharic13nX-V-S1P
Czech13nS-V-X1NA
Jula13nS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13nS-X-V1
Gagauz13nS-V-X1
Gagauz13nV-S-X1
Mongolian13nS-X-V1S
Mongolian13nX-S-V1P
Huarong Chinese13nS-V-X1
Kazakh13nS-X-V1S
Kazakh13nX-S-V1P
Nepali13nS-X-V1
Newari13nS-X-V1P
Newari13nX-S-V1S
Polish13nS-X-V0.5
Polish13nX-S-V0.5
Polish13nS-V-X1
Polish13nX-V-S0.5
Polish13nV-S-X0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13nS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13nX-V-S1S
English13nS-V-X1
English13nX-V-S1
Standard German13nS-X-V1S
Standard German13nX-S-V1P
Thai13nS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13nS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13nX-S-V1P
Upper Sorbian13nS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13nX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13nS-V-X1NA
Oromo13nX-V-S1

(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
n) questioned non-theme argument

Prompt: Who was given the suit (to)?

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.