GrammarSoft ApS

Mappings

Subjects are mapped to 'agent', 'patient' (for passive subjects), 'experiencer', 'instrument' and 'theme' and objects are mapped to 'patient', 'theme' and 'resultative'.⁴

The Danish 'sig'-reflexive is given a special treatment. Reflexive pronouns (including first and second person pronouns) are not mapped, because they, in my opinion, denote middle voice and not a seperate entity in the case frame. Only 'licensed' reflexives, i.e. reflexives that are governed by reflexive verbs, are exempt⁵case-marking; non-licensed reflexives as in 'He caught himself a big fish', do get case-marking (typically %BEN), as do emphatic⁶ reflexives ('sig selv'). Two mapping rules make sure that first and second person pronouns do get a case when they do not function as reflexives, but as normal objects. This is done by checking, that they are not co-referent with the subject.

### Mapping-rules

MAP (%AG %PAT %EXP %TH) TARGET (@SUBJ>); #Subjects standing to the
                                         # left of the verb
MAP (%AG %PAT %EXP %TH) TARGET (@<SUBJ); #Subjects standing to the 
                                         # right of the verb

MAP (%PAT %FACT %TOP-DIST) TARGET (@<ACC) IF (NOT 0 REFL); 
                                         #refl. have no case-roles
MAP (%PAT) TARGET (@<ACC) IF (0 PERS-1-ACC LINK *-1 @SUBJ LINK 
    NOT 0 PERS-1-NOM); #...neither in 1st person
MAP (%PAT) TARGET (@<ACC) IF (0 PERS-2-ACC LINK *-1 @SUBJ LINK 
    NOT 0 PERS-2-NOM); #...nor in 2nd person