Sentence #103

Bodo teneto takataka yana yedi, bodo kadde-deye-dullo dodu mede banape noyeke yeleke.

bodo
WH
tene
sit
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3
takataka
strong
yana
many
yedi
spirit
bodo
WH
kadde
act
deye
leave
dullo
know
-∅
-NP
=∅
=3
dodu
that
mede
tree
banape
under+from
noye
emerge
-∅
-NP
=ke
=yon.3A
yele
person
=ke
=yon.3A

The stronger one would be the one who could make the woman come out from under the tree.

Lit: Who would be the stronger one, who could make happen that the woman come out from under the tree.

This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Yekeke Wudunu Lohono (The South Wind and the Sun).

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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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