Object of Sasak Serial Verb Constructions

lexical entry as seen in 114, it has c-str as seen in 115 and f-str as seen in 116. The followings are the representations: 114 Entry Lexical: Tiang N PRED = ‘I’ PERS = 1 NUM = SNG Milu V PRED = ‘COME ALONGSUBJ,X-COMP’ Meken V PRED = ’GO MARKET SUBJ’ 115 C-Str IP DP I’ VP ↑’ V VP X-COM ↑’ N V Tiang milu meken 116 F-Str PRED ‘COMEALONG’SUBJ,X-COMP ‘GO TO THE MARKET SUBJ SUBJ PRED ‘I’ PERS = 1 NUM = SNG i X-COMP PRED‘GO TO THE MARKET’SUBJ SUBJ i The c-stucture 115 above shows that the sentence Tiang milu meken ‘I come along to the market’ is an IP Infelctional Phrase. This clause has V milu ‘come’ as matrix verb and structure of VP=X-COMP consists of V meken ‘go to market’ as subordinate verb. In this construction, V milu ‘come’ needs ↓-COMP to complete the clause. The c-structure is parallel with the f-structure. In f-stucture 116, the construction also shares argument in which the SUBJ Tiang ‘I’ of the matrix verb milu ‘come along’ is same as the SUBJ of X-COMP. X-COMP SUBJ SUBJ 117 [Inaq i ] selese [__ i ] mace surat ni. mother PERF N.read letter DEF ‘Mother has read this letter.’ The sentence 117 is an aspect serialization. SUBJ of the first verb is a controller of SUBJ of X-COMP. In this clause, serial verb construction with X-COMP structure in which the aspect verb selese ‘finish’ is followed by nasal verb mace ‘read’. In LFG, the serial verb construction in 117 is described by using parallel structures, which are c-str and f-str. With the input from the lexical entry as seen in 118, it has c-str as seen in 119 and f-str as seen in 120. The followings are the representations: 118 Entry Lexical: Inaq N PRED = ‘MOTHER’ Selese I ASPECT = ‘PERFECTI↑E’ Mace V PRED = ’READ SUBJ, OBJ’ Surat N PRED = ‘LETTER’ Ni D DEF = + 119 C-Str IP DP I’ VP ↑’ V VP X-COM DP ↑’ N N V Inaq selese mace surat ni 120 F-Str X-COMP PRED‘READ’ SUBJ, OBJ, X-COMP ASPECT PERFECTIVE SUBJ PRED ‘MOTHER’ OBJ PRED ‘LETTER’ DEF + The c-stucture 119 above shows that the sentence Inaq selese mace surat ni ‘Mother has read this letter’ is an IP Inflectional Phrase. This clause has V selese ‘finish’ as matrix verb and structure of ↑P=↓-COMP consists of V mace ‘read’ as subordinate verb. In this construction, V selese ‘finish’ needs ↓-COMP to complete the clause. The c-structure is parallel with the f-structure. In f-stucture 120, the construction also shares argument in which the SUBJ Inaq ‘Mother’ of the matrix verb milu ‘come along’ is same as the SUBJ of X-COMP.