  kke |
nėdė
|
g pimil
|
|
nķtm
|
m -ye
|
|
my
|
wife
|
come back prob
|
I
|
song
|
do t
|
|
|
| If my
wife comes, I will sing. |
|
N¨
|
dś-mil
|
agerdėm
|
gér
|
la-ye
|
|
|
| If I sit,
the work will be done. |
|
1.4.2. Minor sentence : |
| (a)
Elliptical sentence - when the clause structure is incomplete
i.e., some of the grammatical categories are omitted, such a sentence
is known as an elliptical sentence. Usually subject deletion takes
place in answer to a question. |
|
Q
|
bļ
|
|
g-ye-n
|
|
|
he
|
where
|
go t int
|
|
|
Where did he go?
|
|
|
|
Ans
|
baridpė
|
|
|
|
|
to the garden
|
|
|
|
|
nkke
|
į minė
|
ukuen
|
|
|
your
|
name
|
what int
|
|
|
What is your name?
|
|
|
|
|
rita
|
medk
|
aminė
|
|
|
(my) name (is) Rita
Medok.
|
|
|
|
|
| (b)
In a compound sentence consisting of two principal clauses, th everb
is usually deleted in the second clause. Such sentences having a single
verb are treated as minor sentences with a complete base. |
kuml
|
g ka
|
mį-ml
|
iskulpė
|
|
house in
|
go+imp
|
or
|
school+loc
|
|
|
| Go into
the house or to the school. |
| Minor
sentence, according to the function which they perform, are mainly
of three types. A brief discussion follows : |
| (1)
Additive - Only at discourse level do such sentences occur as the
second part of a full sentence, and add some meaning to the statement
already made in a full sentence as a result of second thought. Such
sentences may sometimes consist of a full clause and obligatory sequence
marking. In such conditions, it is a sequential sentence with complete
base. But, sometimes it may have only one word or phrase : |
|
base
|
+
|
addition
|
|
{phrase}
|
|
phrase
|
|
{ clause}
|
|
|
|
|
|
bļ
|
|
g
- ye - mėlke
|
|
he
|
there
|
go t yesterday
|
|
|
| He went
there yesterday. |
|
|
klezl
|
pridu
|
magulipė
|
|
I
|
college
|
read+asp
|
in majuli
|
|
|
| I study
in the college at Majuli. |
| The phrases
"mėtkė"
and "majulipė" are added to the earlier statements made
by way of giving some additional information as a result of second
thought. Ordinarily these phrases should have come before the VP,
as, in Missing, a verb closes a sentence. Since something is added
after the VP, it is considered as another clause and treated as a
minor sentence. |
| (2)
Response sentence - such incomplete sentences are used as response
in conventional situations and are short forms of a reply to a question
or an echo form. Echo form sentences consist of a single utterance,
such as /¨/ ‘yes’. Such sentences
are elliptical sentences and consist of a word or phrase. |
