Sentence #24
Nometodanu doŋiŋi, lada todudu kuppetodanu.
- nome
- come.out
- -to
- -DP+REP
- =da
- =this.3A
- =nu
- =N4
- doŋi
- eye
- =ŋi
- =REFL
- lada
- sky
- todudu
- surface+to
- kuppe
- throw
- -to
- -DP+REP
- =da
- =this.3A
- =nu
- =N4
He removed his eyes and threw them up to the sky.
The O clitic nu references class 4 nouns, including inalienably possessed ones like doŋi=ŋi.
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.