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.