- Map-Legend:
- S-X
- X-S
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernese German | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | NA | |
| Czech | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | S | |
| Czech | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | P | |
| Jula | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | NA | |
| Gagauz | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| Gagauz | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | ||
| Mongolian | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | S | |
| Mongolian | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | P | |
| Huarong Chinese | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| Marathi | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| Polish | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| Polish | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| English | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | ||
| Tunen | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | P | |
| Tunen | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | S | |
| Upper Sorbian | 9 | a | S-X | 1 | S | |
| Upper Sorbian | 9 | a | X-S | 1 | P | |
| Oromo | 9 | a | S-X | 1 |
(9) Can a theme marked as an S argument follow another argument in a wide focus context?
Alternatives to be checked: S-X vs. X-S
Prompt: What did Mary tell you?
The car pleases my father. (S-X)
*My father pleases the car. (X-S)
a) Psychological V (please, frighten, amuse, surprise)
German
Meinem Vater gefällt das Auto.
my.DAT father please.PRS.3SG the.NOM car
'The car pleases my father.' (X-S)
Explanation: The theme should be marked like an S argument (sole core argument in an intransitive clause). With psych verbs, the theme is the stimulus, i.e., only frighten-type verbs, not fear-type verbs. The stimulus should be inanimate to avoid an agentive reading, such as 'Peter pleases the crowd' with Peter as an agent instead of a stimulus. Please exclude contrastive focus or topic constructions as well as pronominal arguments.