Sentence #49

Se-kuttatodabe Nuwuda, “Todudu da-seppedi, da!

se
say
kutta
FORCE
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
=be
=that.3O
Nuwu
Nuwu
=da
=this.3A
todudu
surface+to
da
go
seppe
FAIL
-∅
-NP
=di
=2SG.A
da!
go!

Nuwu shouted, “Stay away from those!

An impolite command, using da!, the imperative of 'go'.

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

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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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