(indirect?) objects of cognition verbs [Topic↝Theme]
aryamanarora opened this issue · comments
Certain cognition verbs such as समझना, मानना take, as arguments, an attribute and a target for that attribute.
- मैं तुमको बच्चा समझता हूँ।
I you-DAT child understand-HAB be-PRS
I think of you as a child.
Currently I have labelled this as a separate function Topic↝Topic. That doesn't really seem broad to enough to mandate its own function. Some candidates for this:
- Topic↝Theme: The attribute is actually attached to the verb rather than being the direct object. "I (think child) of you."
- Topic↝Goal: The attribute is being applied to the Goal. However, note that usually को-Goals, which add secondary information, can be dropped without making the sentence ungrammatical. That doesn't seem to be the case here.
Topic↝Theme because the attribute (not necessarily a noun, can be an adjective) is attached to the predicate. (Note that this example is really having ख़ुद "self" as both subject and object.)
