Sentence #4

Siŋi medego wodune hadahada teŋi cidigo takane ŋaka tenela.

siŋi
tall
mede
tree
=go
=like
wodune
vertical+via
hadahada
several
teŋi
thin
cidi
platter
=go
=like
takane
horizontal+via
ŋaka
heap
tene
sit
-la
-RP+DIR
=∅
=3

It had a tall vertical tree-like part and several thin horizontal platter-like parts.

CS tene PP-via is the standard pattern for whole (CS) has a part (PP).

This sentence is part of Dunnolamiwa (What We Saw).

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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