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(290)
 /h1   masįsyg2   thįyąwč3
I-Nom fruit-Acc eat-T-Nom
prąwéde4/
good-Vz-P (1Sg)
`I1  like4  eating3   fruit2’
  It is derived from the two sentences.

(291)

  /h1   masįsyg2   thįyąč3/
I-Nom fruit-Acc eat-T
  `I1  eat3   fruit2’

(292)

  /h1  S2  prąwéde3/
I-Nom good-Vz-P (1Sg)
`I1    like3   S2’
                                 
(2) Relative Clause on to the Accusative NP : Consider the sentence

 
Consider the sentence

(293)

  /masįsygwčlį1   birhiriso2   cyį3
  tree-fruit-P1-Acc fall-RecP she-Nom
  katgharimso4/
  collect-RecP
  `she3   collected4   the  fallen2   fruit1’
  It is derived from the sentences

(294)

  /masį sygwčlį1    birhiriso2/
  fruits-Nom fall-RecP
  `fruits1    fell2’

(295)

  /cyį1   masįsygwčlį2
  she-Nom fruits-Acc
  katgharimso3/
  collect-RecP
  `she1   collected3   fruits2’
                            
The lower identical NP is deleted. The NP dominated by the S-node is assigned nominative case and the NP dominated by the VP-node is assigned the accusative case.
 
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