Transitivity Valence Example ------------------------------------------------- intrans: ga warau intransarg2: to (opt) miataru v1: ga-wo (opt) utsu v1a: ga-wo (obl) kudasaru (only) v2: ga-ni (opt) ataru v2a: ga-{ni or to} (obl) naru (only) v3: ga-to (obl) kataru v4: ga-wo (opt) -ni (opt) ditransitive v5: ga-to (opt) tsukiau, karamu v5a: ga-to (obl) oshieru, etc (only) v6: ga- {ni or to} (opt) meguriau v7: ga-wo (opt) - to (obl) omou (commented out) v8: ga-noun argument (obl) wasureru mental: ga- {ga or wo}(opt) wakaru aru: aru cop: cop cop-id: cop-id Obligatory arguments: it is not allowed to have zero pronouns for them. Additionally, they may not scramble. Mental also seems to allow "ni" From jp051120: || VALENCE ||ARG1||OBL|| ARG2 ||OBL|| ARG3 ||OBL|| Example || || || || || || || || || cop-id_transitive || が/COP || || NOUN || + || || || だ, です、で は ない || || cop-stem_transitive || が || || NA-ADJ||+ || || || だ, です、で は ない || || cop_transitive || が || || COP || + || || || だ, な || || intransitive || が || || || || || || 歯みがき[する], 座る || || ga-ni_transitive || が || || に || || || || 絡まる || || ga-to-ni_transitive1 || が || ||と/に || || || || 似る || || ga-to-ni_transitive2 || が || ||と/に || + || || || なる, 成る、 為る || || ga-to_transitive1 || が || || と || + || || || 考える || || ga-to_transitive2 || が || || と || || || || 思う, 確認[する] || || ga-wo_transitive || が || || を || || || || 飲食, 食べる || || ga-wo-toni-ditransitive || が || || を || || と/に || || 題する, 略する || || ditransitive || が || || を || || に || || 提供[する], 頼む || || mental_state_transitive || に/が || || が/を || || || || 信じる, 分かる || || naru_adv_transitive || が || || ADV || || || || なる, 成る、 為る || || suru_adv_ditransitive || が || || を || || ADV || + || する, なさる || || suru_noun_ditransitive || が || || を || || に/と || + || する, なさる || || to_intransitive-opt || と || || || || || || [と]いう || || sbj-narg_transitive || が ||  || NOUN || + || || || かかる || || aspect_transitive || が || || V || + || || || [やり]かねる || || syn-vv-vbar-stem_transitive || が || || を || || V || + || [やり]まくる || || adj_sc || が/COP || || || || || || 美しい, 奇麗[な] || || perspective_transitive || が || || に || || V || + || [あげる, 下さる || || saturated ||MOD|| || || || || || たまたま || COP includes post-positions like ":". NOUN is a bare noun argument. NA-ADJ is a na-adjective (like きれい). ADV is an adverbial such as 美しし-く or きれい-に. V is a predicate argument (VP or S). MOD is the predicate modified by an adverb.