Sentence #36

Callotoda, yennadana ŋene goli sede sede dullole, dodu kadde kadde nolemona gohogoho nune callo canno sede dullodanace.

callo
think
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
yenna
person+PL
=dana
=this+PL.3A
ŋene
person+via
goli
long.time
sede
stand
sede
PROG
dullo
ABLE
-∅
-NP
=le
=1SG.A
dodu
that
kadde
act
kadde
act
no
COME&
-∅
-NP
=le
=1SG.A
=mona
=this+PL.3O
gohogoho
all.kinds
nune
thing+via
callo
think
canno
feel
sede
PROG
dullo
ABLE
-∅
-NP
=dana
=this+PL.3A
=ce
=1SG.O

He thought, I can continue to dwell with these people, that I come and assist them with all kinds of things they can continue to expect of me.

The thought is in a direct quote complement clause construction. The expectation is in an indirect (with dodu complement clause construction.

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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