Sentence #9

Lono wososu gadagaba geline no-sedelale, dape-seppeboce kidi se-dullowa doŋisu.

lono
day
wososu
then
gadagaba
beach
geline
curvilinear+via
no
come
sede
PROG
-la
-RP+DIR
=le
=1SG.A
dape
ITER
seppe
FAIL
-bo
-RP+INF
=ce
=1SG.O
kidi
rock
se
say
dullo
ABLE
-∅
-NP
=wa
=NOM
doŋisu
small+at

That day, I was going along the beach, (when) I tripped on a rock that could talk.

Two clauses, the first in the progressive to set the scene of the second.

This sentence is part of Kidi Sewanu (The Talking Rock).

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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