Sentence #59

Yeppomo yana muŋi yennisi yana yette gimi yana goso mudu kele yana todu kuno kanneto.

yeppomo
spear
yana
many
muŋi
handle
yennisi
knife
yana
many
yette
tool
gimi
basket
yana
many
goso
hollow
mudu
mat
kele
fine
yana
many
todu
surface
kuno
have
kanne
PASSIVE
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3

The many spears, the many knives, the many baskets, and the many fine rugs were taken.

This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Nuwu Ŋedane (The Story of Nuwu).

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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