NoCaCoDa

1

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	shǒupà	bèi	lèishuǐ	jìnshī-le
this	handkerchief	pass	tears	soak- pfv
The handkerchief got wet from tears.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

2

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	shùzhī	bèi	zhòngwù	yā	duàn-le
this	branch	pass	weight	press	break- pfv
The branch broke from the weight.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

3

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhège	nǚrén	yīnwèi	yānwù	ér	késou
this	woman	because	smoke	and	cough
The woman is coughing from the smoke.

4

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

yīnwèi	tài	hēi	wǒmen	kàn	bu	jiàn	ànbiān
because	too_much	dark	we	see	not_able	see	shore
We cannot see the shore because it is too dark.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

5

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	nánrén	bèi	wù	zhuā-le
this	man	pass	wrongly	catch- pfv
The man was arrested by mistake.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causative meaning is expressed in the predicate.

6

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	shù	bèi	fēng	guādǎo-le
this	tree	pass	wind	blow_down- pfv
The tree fell due to the wind.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

7

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	nánrén	mǎshàng	bèi	diàn	sǐ-le
this	man	immediately	pass	electricity	die- pfv
The man died from electric shock.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

8

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	nǚrén	bèi	zàoyīn	chǎoxǐng-le
this	woman	pass	noise	wake up- pfv
The woman woke up from the noise.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

9

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhège	nánrén	yīnwèi	píjiǔ	ér	tóuténg
this	man	because	beer	and	headache
The man has a headache from the beer.

10

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	xiǎogǒu	huájī-de	dǎgǔn,	dòu	dé	nǚrén	fāxiào
this	puppy	funny- advm	tumble_over	amuse	able	woman	burst_out_laughing
The woman had a laugh at the puppy.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expression corresponding to the causing event is not a syntactic dependent of the expression corresponding to the caused event.

11

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhège	nánrén	yīn	shíyòng	yǒudú	de	yú	ér	shēnwáng
this	man	because	use_for_food	poisonous	adjm	fish	and	die
The man died from a poisonous fish.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

12

Status: main; causal marker: dui

zhège	nǚhái	duì	tā-de	chéngjì	mǎnyì
this	girl	to	she- poss	grades	satisfied
The girl is satisfied with her grade.

13

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

qīzǐ	yīnwéi	nánrén-de	huàihuà	ér	shēngqì-le
wife	because	man- poss	bad_words	and	get_angry- pfv
The wife got angry with her husband because of his words.

14

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè

nánhái

yīnwéi

tīngdào

bàbà

shuō

yào

qù

kàn

zúqiú

ér

hěn

xīngfèn

this

boy

because

hear

dad

say

fut

go

watch

football

and

quite

excited

The boy was thrilled by this idea.

Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

15

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nánrén	yīnwéi	jīè	ér	xūruò
this	man	because	hunger	and	feeble
The man got weak from hunger.

16

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	nánrén	bèi	è	sǐ-le
this	man	pass	hunger	die- pfv
The man died of starvation.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

17

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nánrén	yīnwéi	téngtòng	ér	jiānjiào
this	man	because	pain	and	scream
The man is screaming out of pain.

18

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	nǚrén	lěng-de	fādǒu
this	woman	cold- adjm	shake
The woman is shivering from the cold.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as an adverb, not a nominal phrase.

19

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	xiǎohái	yīnwéi	hàipà	ér	kūqì
this	child	because	fear	and	cry
The child began to cry out of fear.

20

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	xiǎohái	kāixīn-de	xiào-le
this	child	happy- adjm	laugh- pfv
The child started to laugh out of joy.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as an adverb, not a nominal phrase.

21

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	xiǎohái	yīnwéi	hàipà	ér	duǒ	zài	gǔcāng
this	child	because	fear	and	hide	in	barn
The child hid in the barn out of fear.

22

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nánrén	yīnwéi	hàixiū	ér	chénmò
this	man	because	modest	and	silent
The man is silent out of modesty.

23

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	nǚrén	hàipà-dì	zhuāzhù	tā	xiōngdì-de	shǒu
this	woman	fear- advm	grab	her	brother- poss	hand
The woman grabbed her brother’s arm out of fear.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as an adverb, not a nominal phrase.

24

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nǚrén	gōngzuò	léi-le
this	woman	work	get_tired- pfv
The woman got tired from the long work.
Note: It is claimed that the absence of a causative marker is possible only for monosyllable NPs when the expected marker is yīnwéi / yīn. For this reason, even though there is no explicit marker in the translation, we consider it as alternant of yīnwéi.

25

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nǚrén	yīnwéi	wénzǐ	ér	wúfǎ	rùshuì
this	woman	because	mosquito	and	unable	fall_asleep
The woman cannot fall asleep because of the mosquitoes.

26

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	shuǐ	bèi	yuèguāng	zhàoliàng
this	water	pass	moonlight	illuminate
The water looks light because of the moon.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expected causal noun phrase is expressed as the grammatical subject.

27

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

yóuyú	tā-de	gǒu-de	bāngzhù,	zhègè	nánrén	shòuliè	chénggōng
due_to	he- poss	dog- poss	help	this	man	hunting	successful
The man hunted successfully thanks to his dog.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the noun phrase used in the nominal causal construction semantically deviates from the one intended by the stimulus sentence.

28

Status: main; causal marker: dui

zhègè	qīzǐ	duì	zhàngfū	hěn	shēngqì
this	wife	to	husband	quite	angry
The wife got angry at her husband.

29

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	nǚrén	yīnwéi	tā	zhàngfū-de	yuányīn	ér	gōngzuò	chídào
this	woman	because	she	husband- poss	reason	and	work	late
The wife was late for work because of her husband.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the noun phrase used in the nominal causal construction semantically deviates from the one intended by the stimulus sentence.

30

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhèxiē

rén

yīnwéi

dìzhèn

bèi

qiǎ

zài

kuàngkēng

lǐmiàn,

yīnwéi

wúfǎ

jíshí

yuánjiù,

zuìhòu

tāmén

doū

sǐ-le

these

people

because

earthquake

pass

block

in

pit

inside

because

unable

timely

save

finally

they

all

die- pfv

Since people were blocked in the mine because of the earthquake and they were not saved on time, they all died.

Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

31

Status: main; causal marker: jieyin er

suǒyǒu-de	bùxìng	jiēyīn	rén	ér	qǐ
all- adjm	misfortune	because	people	and	happen
All misfortunes happen because of people.

32

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

yīnwéi	zhègè	cāozuò,	nánrén	kěyǐ	kàndé	gēng	hǎo
because	this	operation	man	can	see	more	well
The man started to see better thanks to the operation.

33

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	nǚrén	yīn	nàgè	nánrén-de	jiùzhù	ér	cúnhuó
this	woman	because	that	man- poss	aid	and	survive
The woman is alive thanks to that man.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the noun phrase used in the nominal causal construction semantically deviates from the one intended by the stimulus sentence.

34

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nánrén	yīnwéi	yúchǔn	ér	gàosù-le	tā	lǎopó	zhèjiàn	shìqíng
this	man	because	stupidity	and	tell- pfv	he	wife	this. clf	thing
The man told his wife about it out of stupidity.

35

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nǚrén	yīnwéi	dàyì	ér	huádǎo-le
this	woman	because	carelessness	and	slip- pfv
The woman slipped by carelessness.

36

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	jīshī	yīnwéi	jīngyàn	ér	yǒubànfǎ	jiàngluò
this	pilot	because	experience	and	have_method	land
The pilot was able to land the plane thanks to his solid experience.

37

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	jīshī	yīnwéi	jīngyàn	bùzú	ér	wúfǎ	jiàngluò
this	pilot	because	experience	not_enough	and	not_method	land
The pilot could not land the plane because of his inexperience.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

38

Status: main; causal marker: yin er

zhèzhànzhēng	niándài,	rénmén	yīn	jīhuāng	ér	chīcǎo
this_war	years	people	because	famine	and	eat_grass
During the war, people ate grass out of hunger.

39

Status: main; causal marker: chuyu er

zhègè	nǚrén	chūyú	hǎoqí	ér	jìnrù
this	woman	due_to	curiosity	and	enter
The woman went inside out of curiosity.

40

Status: main; causal marker: youyu er

zhègè	nánrén	yóuyú	jīdù	ér	shāsǐ-le	tā-de	qīzǐ
this	man	due_to	jealous	and	kill- pfv	he- poss	wife
The man killed his wife out of jealousy.

41

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nánrén	yīnwéi	xūróng	ér	gàosù-le	suǒyǒu	rén
this	man	because	vanity	and	tell- pfv	all	people
The man told everyone about it out of vanity.

42

Status: main; causal marker: youyu er

zhègè	nǚrén	yóuyú	fènnù	ér	dǎsuì-le	suǒyǒu-de	pánzǐ
this	woman	due_to	anger	and	smash- pfv	all- adjm	dish
The woman broke all the dishes out of anger.

43

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nǚrén	yīnwéi	hánlěng	ér	chuānzhe	yīfú	shuìjiào
this	woman	because	cold	and	dress	clothes	go_to_bed
The woman went to sleep dressed because of the cold.

44

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

lǎoshī	duì	xuéshēng-de	yīfú	zuòchū-le	biǎozhāng
teacher	to	student- poss	clothes	make- pfv	commend
The teacher commended the student for his uniform.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the caused event is not explicitly expressed.

45

Status: main; causal marker: yin er

zhègè	nánrén	yīn	tā	línjū-de	huà	ér	dǎ-le	tā
this	man	because	his	neighbour- poss	words	and	beat- pfv	he
The man beat his neighbor for his words.

46

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhèxiē	háizǐ	yīnwéi	zhēngduó	qiú	ér	dǎjià
these	child	because	contend_for	ball	and	scuffle
The children fought because of a ball.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

47

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nánrén	yīnwéi	yíchǎn	ér	gēn	xiōngdì	qǐ-le	zhēngzhí
this	man	because	inheritance	and	with	brother	rise- pfv	dispute
The man argued with his brother because of the inheritance.

48

Status: main; causal marker: yinwei er

zhègè	nǚrén	yīnwéi	chātú	ér	gòumǎi-le	zhèběn	shū
this	woman	because	illustration	and	buy- pfv	this. clf	book
The woman bought the book because of the pictures.

49

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

zhègè	nǚrén	yīnwéi	xīnqíng	bù	hǎo	ér	qǔxiāo-le	hé	tā	péngyǒu-de	jìhuá
this	woman	because	mood	not	good	and	cancel- pfv	with	she	friend- poss	plan
The woman decided not to meet her friend because of her bad mood.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

50

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

jiànyú	yǒu	shuǐkēng,	zuówǎn	xiàyǔ-le
consider	have	puddles	yesterday_evening	rain- pfv
It rained at night, puddles are everywhere.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

51

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

jiànyú	yǒu	qìpào,	shuǐ	zhǔfèi-le
consider	have	bubbles	water	boil- pfv
The water is already boiling, because it started to bubble.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the causing event is expressed as a dependent clause, not a noun phrase.

52

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

jìnlái	wūzǐ	lǐ	bā,	wàimiàn	hěn	lěng
enter	house	inside	imp	outside	quite	cold
Come into the house, it is cold here.
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expression corresponding to the causing event is not a syntactic dependent of the expression corresponding to the caused event.

53

Status: main; causal marker: n.a.

wǒ	zài	lěng	tiān	chuān-de	máoyī	zài	nǎ?
i	in	cold	weather	wear- adjm	sweater	be	in where
I am cold, where is my sweater?
Note: This translation is not included in the database because the expression corresponding to the causing event is not a syntactic dependent of the expression corresponding to the caused event.

54

Status: main; causal marker: genju

gēnjù	shùxué	dìnglǜ,	zhègè	shùzì	bùnéng	xiǎoyú	1
according_to	math	law	this	number	not_can	less_than	1
This number cannot be less than one according to mathematical laws.

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