Sentence #87

Sesamona, “Laca yisimo kuno dajamo yebe kelekede gadodu, da!”

se
say
-∅
-NP
=sa
=that.3A
=mona
=this+PL.3O
laca
daughter
yisi
child
=mo
=this.3O
kuno
have
da
GO&
-∅
-NP
=ja
=2PL.A
=mo
=this.3O
yebe
pool
kelekede
sacred
gadodu
water+to
da!
go!

He says, “Take my daughter to the sacred pool.”

Less polite, but the verb is already da, so it makes sense the imperative should be da, too.

This sentence is part of Wusu Poto Kunosece (The Time I Was Sick).

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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