Sentence #55

Wudu wudu noloto, xosodu keyodo yana todu kuttatonu, lada tenetene todu deggu kanneto.

wudu
wind
wudu
wind
nolo
increase
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3
xosodu
place+that+to
keyodo
cloud
yana
many
todu
surface
kutta
push
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3
=nu
=N4
lada
sky
tenetene
whole
todu
surface
deggu
cover
kanne
PASSIVE
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3

The wind increased, and pushed there many storm clouds there, and the whole sky was covered.

This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Nuwu Ŋedane (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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