Sentence #52

Mede yegi wodusu nolo sedetosa, dunnotodabe callowa Nuwuda.

mede
tree
yegi
smooth
wodusu
vertical+at
nolo
increase
sede
PROG
-to
-DP+REP
=sa
=that.3A
dunno
see
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
=be
=that.3O
callowa
wondering
Nuwu
Nuwu
=da
=this.3A

He was climbing the smooth trunk of the tree while wondering Nuwu watched him.

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

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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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