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3S4         (v)    VP ®   NP + NP +VC3
                                              3S4e          s[NP, NP, NP, VC3]S
(248)
/kath1    ajyidyabyadõ2   tap3     ant-Nom queen-Dat food-Acc haliyą4/
give-RemP
`the   ant1    gave4   the   food3   to   the   queen2’
(249)
/jyįbmalł1   jyimcyaned2   tąphra3   God-Nom Jimchane-Dat river-Acc hakẽso4/
show-RecP
`God1   showed4   the  river3  to  Jimchane2’
The VC can contain, apart from the verb, a number of NPs and adverbials subjected to certain selection restrictions.
(1) Temporal Adverbials :

A necessary condition for occurrence is that the adverbial should agree with the verb in tense and other final inflexions.
(250)
 /h1   bilyįgõ2   tejyab3   hanįso4/
`I1   came4   to  Tezu3  last  evening2’
(251)
/h1  myą1  benagõ2  hdõ3  kitab4  I-wife-Nom tomorrow I-Dat book-Acc habiya5/
give-DF (3Sg)                

`My   wife1   will  give5  me3   a   book4  tomorrow2’
(252)
 /kapky1    jśw2/
`(it is)  cold2   in   winter1’
(2)  Manner Adverbials :
A similar restriction applies here.
(253)
/jyimcyane1   kapįtyą2    hibį3   Jimchane-Nom alone-Adv forest-Dat bóliyą4/
go-RemP
`Jimchane1   went4   to   forest3  alone2’
(254)
/tįmčthi1 taméjyim2 lakabsyg3 wild-boar-Nom mad-Adv wood-apple-Acc thąliyą4/
eat-RemP
`the  wild-boar1   ate4   the   wood-apples3   madly2’
(255)
/jyimcyanewč1 biyjyim2 hįdig3 Jimchane-Nom innocent-Adv cobra-Acc rśgaso4/
love-RecP
`Jimchane1   loved4   the   cobra3   innocently2’

 
(3) Locative NP :
(256)

/byąbyągõ1 jyįbmalł2 hibįky3 past past-LocT God-Nom forest-Loc chygliyą4/
walk-RemP
`once  upon  a   time1    God2   walked4   in  the  forest3’
 
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