Sentence #35
Gehe canno notatomo goli sedewape nikiyele dinine, deyetoda goli sedetoteda ŋehetepene.
- gehe
- good
- canno
- feel
- nota
- LESS
- -to
- -DP+REP
- =mo
- =this.3O
- goli
- long.time
- sede
- stand
- =wa
- =NOM
- =pe
- =from
- nikiyele
- neighbor
- dinine
- group+via
- deye
- leave
- -to
- -DP+REP
- =da
- =this.3A
- goli
- long.time
- sede
- stand
- -tote
- -DP+INF
- =da
- =this.3A
- ŋehetepe
- nobody
- =ne
- =via
He felt less and less happy dwelling with neighbors, and so he went away in order to dwell with nobody.
The use of an inferred evidential in clause 3 makes it a purpose for the previous clause.
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.