(the) teacher
punished
(the) student

           1
 

     3
 

             2
 

     In the following sentences, we find dative and instrumental phrases preceding the main verbs.
 
ata rgalbi lziya srinagarla so  
1 2 3 4       5 6  

(the)father
went
to
Srinagar
last
month

1

    6 5     4   2     3

bomow
landanla
chesni
yos		    
1 2     3 4 5    

(the) girl
wanted
to    go
  to
London		  

1

      5     4    3     2  

as
hao:dana
ńembo
barbanpu
čaqs		  
1       2    3

4

   5  

I    broke
      (the) 
window
with
(a)hammer		  
1      5               4     3 2  

khos
a
ruwa
rgyaps		    
1  2 3 4    

he
hit
me
with
(a)stone		  
1 4  2   3  

kho
tuwaqna
µembo
sot		    
1     2  3 4    

kill
him
with
(a) gun		    
4
 		 1
 		 3
 		 2
 		    

     Similarly we have sentences in which the verb is preceded by sociative, ablative and purposive.
 
buchaw khuri atana ńembo sirinagarla so
1 2 3 4 5          6  7

(the) son
went
to
Srinagar
with his
father
1 7 6 5 4      2 3

khos
khuri
qalampu
caneyana
phis		  
1 2 3   4      5  6  

he
took
(the)  pen
  from  his
pocket		  
1 6           3    5      2    4  

a
maisu:rna
yos		      
1  2       3  4      

I
came
from
  Mysore		    
1 4 3

2

    

The various constituents that are occuring with the verb may be shown as :
 
Verb + objecdt + Instrument

Verb + Sociative + Ablative

Verb + Object + Sociative

Verb + Object + Place + Time

Verb + Dative

Verb + Object + Dative
 

       We have not shown all the possible combinations of cases with the main verb. We have merely listed some of the combinations found in the data. The various cases are nothing but the noun phrases with various suffixes. We will not go into the details of these structures of the constituents of cases. The following diagram represents the structure of verb phrase.

 
 

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