Sentence #61

Mede wodupe wodudu tannatanna datoda Nuwuda, nolo seppetomo yegi wodusu.

mede
tree
wodupe
vertical+from
wodudu
vertical+to
tannatanna
quickly
da
go
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
Nuwu
Nuwu
=da
=this.3A
nolo
increase
seppe
FAIL
-to
-DP+REP
=mo
=this.3O
yegi
smooth
wodusu
vertical+at

Nuwu went quickly from tree to tree, and failed to climb the smooth trunks.

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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