An action locative verb expresses an activity involving the change of place of an object distinct from the agent. It is accompanied by an Agent noun which
specifies the instigator of the action, an Object noun which specifies the Object which is changing location and a Locative noun which specifies the change of
location. Case frame: +-A-O-L
For example: Paul took abagfrom Vin
State
Be adjective Object state
Process
Come about Be adjective
Object Action
Be Adjective Cause
come about A
Object State : Basic
Process : derived from state by inchoative derivation come about Action : derived from process by the causative derivation cause
The deep structure realized as a verb and a series of cases. The cases defined in a new list, and the case frames for verbs determined this deep structure
by a series of realization ruler. The roles include subject choice, object choice and deletion role.
2.3.5 Semantic Role in Case Grammar
Case roles are semantic relations of arguments to the central verb proper to deep structure of the sentence in which it occurs Cook 1979: 25. The cases
which surround the central verb are divided into those cases which are essential to the case frame and those which are not essential. Cases which relate directly to the
meaning of the verb called propositional cases. Cases which are not part of the meaning of the verb are called modal cases. Modal cases are always optional to
the surface structure of the verb; propositional cases may be either obligatory or optional. Propositional Cases used in Case Grammar Model by Cook are five in
number, namely, Agent-case, Experiencer-case, Benefactive-case, Object-case, and Locative-case.
The case grammar analysis is more than a surface structure analysis but also the deep structure analysis. There are two roles in case grammar analysis,
there are a overt case role and covert case role. An overt case role is a role which is present in surface structure and present in deep structure. A covert case role is a
role which is absent from surface structure but present in deep structure.
A. Overt case role
Overt case roles implied by the verb and obligatory in surface structure. The first type of judgment that the analysis might make is that the conflated case
frame derived from surface, in fact lexical entry for the verb. The starting point for this conflated case frame derived from surface structure. For example,
Fillmore 1968: 27 list a set of sentences for the verb open, constructs the conflated case frame +[__A I O, and considers this frame, unchanged, as the
lexical entry for the verb. The door opened
+[O] John opened the door
+[__A,O]
