Sentence #21

Nome sedetosananu yenne doŋiŋi, kuppe sedetosananu lada todudu, kuno dape sedetosananu doŋibuduŋi gosone.

nome
come.out
sede
PROG
-to
-DP+REP
=sana
=that+PL.3A
=nu
=N4
yenne
pair
doŋi
eye
=ŋi
=REFL
kuppe
throw
sede
PROG
-to
-DP+REP
=sana
=that+PL.3A
=nu
=N4
lada
sky
todudu
surface+to
kuno
have
dape
ITER
sede
PROG
-to
-DP+REP
=sana
=that+PL.3A
=nu
=N4
doŋibudu
eye-socket
=ŋi
=REFL
gosone
hollow+via

They were pulling out their own eyes, they were throwing them to the sky, they were getting them back to their eye-sockets.

Three clauses, one after the other. Bodyparts are a subclass of class 4 nouns that are inalienably possessed. That is indicated by the pronominal clitic attached to them.

This sentence is part of Peyada, Cisena Taboni Yisena (Coyote and Cottontail’s Children).

Key

Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.

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