Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

122Table 7. Elements of the frame evoked by buySentence BUYER BUY GOODS SELLER MONEY[1] Carla bought a bicycle from Pete for 50$[2] Carla bought a bicycle from Pete –[3] Carla bought a bicycle – for 50$[4] Carla bought a bicycle – –Now, examine group B of sentences:Group B[1] Pete sold the bicycle to Carla for 50$.[2] Pete sold the bicycle to Carla.[3] Pete sold the bicycle for 50$.[4] Pete sold the bicycle.[5]*Pete sold to Carla for 50$.[6]*Pete sold to Carla.[7]*Pete sold for 50$.Again, based on the theory of cases, one can say that the verb sell has four deepcases. The cases and their roles are identified by analyzing the group of sentences andlabels are chosen to account for the interaction between the verb and its arguments:Pete (Agent? Source?) sold the bicycle (Theme?) to Carla (Counteragent?Goal?).Now consider Table 8. Here, again, the role labels are chosen by appealing tothe conceptual background that underlies the meaning of the verb sell. If one comparesboth groups of sentences one can see that both the verb buy and the verb sell have incommon the fact that they entail the same elements of understanding: ―a personinterested in exchanging money for goods, (the BUYER), a person interested in