| In the course of the case, the elephant said,
`I ran wild because the bird entered into |
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21. |
p yawč |
ahśwąbo |
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bird-Nom |
ask-IF (3Sg)-Cau |
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Someone asked the bird.
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The topicalization of the accusative noun is
clear in the sentence.
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The bird said, `I flew because I was startled
when the wild boar knocked down my nest’
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The boar said, `(somebody) threw a wood apple on me’.
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24. |
hrigyągõ
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h |
khimyõnayągõ |
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startle-CF-Impl |
I-Nom be angry- |
Rep-CF-Impl |
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jyidebola |
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do-IF (1Sg)-Cau-Ret |
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`So, startled and angry, I did whatever I did’.
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As it went on, the queen now accused the ant.
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kath wč
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lįąbo h
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raninył |
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ant-Nom say-IF(3Sg)-Cau |
tap
asabonela |
I-Nom queen-Dat (?) |
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food-Acc |
give-go-DF |
(1Sg)-Ret |
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chygdegõ |
pįhwć é |
dityugõ |
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walk-IF (1Sg)- |
Inst frog this-Nom |
sit-Ref-Imp1 |
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h |
tįgdebo |
magõ |
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I-Nom |
bite-IF (1Sg)-Cau |
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The ant said, `As I was taking food for the
queen, this frog blocked the road, and, as a result, I bit it’.
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27. |
wé |
pįhwćwčkyć
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khbo |
kźs |
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that-Nom frog-Nom- |
Loc reach-Cau |
case-Acc |
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tiyąwč |
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indict-T-Nom |
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Now the frog was indicted in this case.
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28. |
kźs |
tiyąwč |
pįhwćwčkyć
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case-Acc |
indict-T-Nom |
frog-Nom-Loc |
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khboą |
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reach-go-IF (3SG) |
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The frog is indicted.
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29. |
aji
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dyabya |
raniwucewč |
pįhwćwč |
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queen-Nom |
queen- |
particular-Nom |
frog-Nom |
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dimi |
tacha
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yõkõyą |
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nettles-Acc |
bring-Def-T |
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The queen brought (struck with) nettles to
the frog.
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30. |
dimi
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tacha aba |
taphrabkowąwčgõ |
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nettles-Now |
strike wart- |
Nom-Inst |
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khņgąla |
taphro |
dalyo |
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be ugly-Ret
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spotted
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mdebo
