Sentence #17

Gadagada casodu kuppe-kuttalalemo.

gadagada
sea
casodu
inside+to
kuppe
throw
kutta
FORCE
-la
-RP+DIR
=le
=1SG.A
=mo
=this.3O

I threw it into the ocean.

The shape classifier casa sees the ocean as a container.

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.

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