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| 3S4 |
(i) |
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VP ® |
VCo |
3S4a
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s[VC]s |
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A Verb Complex is taken as the
combination of the verb with all the non-valence-marking nominals and
adverbials like the instrument, locative, manner, ablative, and so on.
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(239)
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| (240) |
/bilyį 1
tejyabky 2
dra3
karaso4/ |
`(it) rained4
heavily3
in Tezu2 yesterday1’
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If the verb is marked intrasitive, the Verb Phrase
contains just as intransitive VC with an optional NP.
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3S4 (ii) VP ®
(NP+) VC1 |
3S4b s [NP, (NP), VC1]s
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| (241) |
/taméy 1
 so2/ |
`the elephant1
slept2’
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The sentence will contain the dative NP if the verb is further specified
as a motion verb.
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(242)
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| /jyimcyane1
hibį2
bóliyą3/. |
`Jimchane1 went3
to the forest2’
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The VP of an intransitive
sentence can also contain a nomial predictatewith or without an
existential verb
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3S4 (iii) VP
® NP + (be) |
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3S4c [NP, NP, (be)] |
S
S
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The nominal predicate can be -
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(i)
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A locative adverbial.
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| (243) |
| /éwčgõ1 majyąrįykwč2 ą3/ |
`here1 is3
a cat2’
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(ii) An equational Noun Phrase
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| (244) |
/h 1
myąwč2 gwįg3/ |
`my1 wife2
(is) a priestess3’
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(iii) A possessive Noun Phrase.
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| (245) |
| /hwč1
myąkąsą2
yą3/ |
| I-Nom wife-three be-P |
`I1 have3
three wives2’
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If the verb is marked transitive, the
VP will contain an accusative NP and a transitive VC.
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3S4 (iv) VP
® NP+VC2
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3S4d s[NP, NP, VC2]s
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| (246) |
| /h1 tamyā2
óde3/ |
| I-Nom tiger-Acc shoot-Fut |
`I1 shall shoot3
a tiger2’
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| (247) |
| /kath1
jym2
maróyą3/ |
`the ant1
tells3 the truth2’
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If the verb is marked recipient
transitive, the VP will contain an accusative NP, a dative NP
and a recipient trasitive VC.
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