Sentence #64

Nuwu paca Nuwu ŋepe noye kanneto, nuwunuwu tenetene wodane se-tene tosese.

nuwu
owl
paca
animal
Nuwu
Nuwu
ŋepe
person+from
noye
emerge
kanne
PASSIVE
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3
nuwunuwu
mourning
tenetene
whole
wodane
through.now
se
say
tene
PROG
-∅
-NP
=∅
=3
tosese
reportedly

Nuwu was changed into an owl, speaking mournfully even now, so they say.

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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