Sentence #34

Sonoda basanu teneto wunnuda kadonu.

sono
head
=da
=this.3A
basa
bad
=nu
=N4
tene
sit
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3
wunnu
tongue
=da
=this.3A
kado
rough
=nu
=N4

His head was bad and his tongue, rough.

Here is a single verb with two CS (sono=da and wunnu=da) and two CC (basa and kado). Both CC carry a class marker nu rather than a classifier.

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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