Sentence #36
Callotoda, yennadana ŋene goli sede sede dullole, dodu kadde kadde nolemona gohogoho nune callo canno sede dullodanace.
- callo
- think
- -to
- -DP+REP
- =da
- =this.3A
- yenna
- person+PL
- =dana
- =this+PL.3A
- ŋene
- person+via
- goli
- long.time
- sede
- stand
- sede
- PROG
- dullo
- ABLE
- -∅
- -NP
- =le
- =1SG.A
- dodu
- that
- kadde
- act
- kadde
- act
- no
- COME&
- -∅
- -NP
- =le
- =1SG.A
- =mona
- =this+PL.3O
- gohogoho
- all.kinds
- nune
- thing+via
- callo
- think
- canno
- feel
- sede
- PROG
- dullo
- ABLE
- -∅
- -NP
- =dana
- =this+PL.3A
- =ce
- =1SG.O
He thought, I can continue to dwell with these people, that I come and assist them with all kinds of things they can continue to expect of me.
The thought is in a direct quote complement clause construction. The expectation is in an indirect (with dodu complement clause construction.
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.