Sentence #33

Tene setowa wudu cumu ŋedane, sedetoda Nuwu bede wudune.

tene
sit
-∅
-NP
=∅
=3
setowa
traditional.story
wudu
wind
cumu
man
ŋedane
with.this.person
sede
stand
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
Nuwu
Nuwu
bede
name
wudune
wind+via

This is the story of a man, he had the name Nuwu.

In the second clause, a more literal translation would be 'he was Nuwu by name'.

This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Nuwu Ŋedane (The Story of Nuwu).

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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