(1) Relative Clause on to the Subject NP :
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NP ® NP + S
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Consider the sentence
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(284) |
/kitabwč1
prąsopadreyg2 |
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book-Nom good-Pa-print |
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poriyąmuprą3/ |
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read-T-also-well |
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`printed2 books1
are easy to read3’ |
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This is derived from the two sentences.
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(285) |
/kitabwč1 poriyąmuprą2/ |
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book-Nom read-T-also-good |
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`books1 areeasy to read2’
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(286) |
/kitabwč1 prąsopadreyg2/ |
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book-Nom good-Pa-print |
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`books1 are printed well2’
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The lower NP is deleted. The
cases are assigned in the following manner. The NP directly dominated by the
S-node in the matrix sentence is in nominative case. The NP deletion occurs
only if nominative case. The NP deletion occurs only if the lower NP is a
nominative NP. This prevents the NP deletion in sentences like -
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(287) |
/nyś1
mč2 ąmįso3 |
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you-Nom man-Acc call-RecP |
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wčlą kįd gmč4
hanįso5/ |
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those-all-man come-RecP |
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`all those men4
(whom)2 you1 called3 have came5’
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The lower NP is deleted. The cases are assigned
in the following manner. The NP directly dominated by the S-node in the
matrix sentence is in nominative case. The NP deletion occurs only if
nominative case. The NP deletion occurs only if the lower NP is a nominative
NP. This prevents the NP deletion in sentences like -
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(288) |
/nyś1 kįdgmč2 įmįso3/ |
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you-Nom all-man call-RecP |
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`you1
called3
all men2’
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(289) |
/wčlą
kįdgmč1
hanįso2/ |
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those all-man-Nom come-RecP |
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`all those men1 came2’
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(2) Relative Clause on to the Accusative NP :
Consider the sentence
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