Sentence #9
Lono wososu gadagaba geline no-sedelale, dape-seppeboce kidi se-dullowa doŋisu.
- lono
- day
- wososu
- then
- gadagaba
- beach
- geline
- curvilinear+via
- no
- come
- sede
- PROG
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =le
- =1SG.A
- dape
- ITER
- seppe
- FAIL
- -bo
- -RP+INF
- =ce
- =1SG.O
- kidi
- rock
- se
- say
- dullo
- ABLE
- -∅
- -NP
- =wa
- =NOM
- doŋisu
- small+at
That day, I was going along the beach, (when) I tripped on a rock that could talk.
Two clauses, the first in the progressive to set the scene of the second.
This sentence is part of Kidi Sewanu (The Talking Rock).
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.