Sentence #57

Deni gada tana nolo noyeto, noleko todu deggu nolo kanneto.

deni
river
gada
water
tana
flowing
nolo
increase
noye
START
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3
noleko
campfire
todu
surface
deggu
cover
nolo
MORE
kanne
PASSIVE
-to
-DP+REP
=∅
=3

The river began to overflow and more and more of the campsite was covered.

A camp is a surface defined by a campfire.

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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