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The verbal elements follow a relatively strict order. The required elements for a VP to be well-formed are the Main Verb and the Auxiliary. Adjuncts are unbound morphemes, and exhibit rather free order; however, they are barred from appearing between the Inverse Marker and any following verb, be it the Coverb or the Main Verb. If a Coverb appears between the Inverse Marker and Main Verb, an adjunct may appear between the Coverb and Main Verb. However, if the Inverse Marker is not followed by a Coverb, then an adjunct may not appear between the Inverse Marker and the Main Verb. Moreover, if Pseudo-Noun Incorporation (PNI) takes place, an adjunct may not intervene between the Main Verb and the Pseudo-incorporated noun (PIN). | The verbal elements follow a relatively strict order. The required elements for a VP to be well-formed are the Main Verb and the Auxiliary. Adjuncts are unbound morphemes, and exhibit rather free order; however, they are barred from appearing between the Inverse Marker and any following verb, be it the Coverb or the Main Verb. If a Coverb appears between the Inverse Marker and Main Verb, an adjunct may appear between the Coverb and Main Verb. However, if the Inverse Marker is not followed by a Coverb, then an adjunct may not appear between the Inverse Marker and the Main Verb. Moreover, if Pseudo-Noun Incorporation (PNI) takes place, an adjunct may not intervene between the Main Verb and the Pseudo-incorporated noun (PIN). | ||
Although Nankôre is not a polysynthetic language, tempatic representations like those of its polysynthetic cousins | |||
Minhast and Nahónda, provide a useful visual tool to demonstrate the Nankôre verb phrase structure: | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | |||
|+ '''Verb Conjugation Table''' | |||
|- | |||
! Position !! Type !! Subtype !! Realization | |||
|- | |||
! -3 || Inverse Marker 1 | |||
| style="background-color:black" | | |||
|| ta= | |||
|- | |||
! -2 | |||
! rowspan="2| Coverbs | |||
! Directionals/Positionals | |||
|- | |||
! -1 | |||
! Modals | |||
|| Example | |||
|- | |||
! 0 | |||
! Primary Verb | |||
|- | |||
! +1 | |||
! Quasi-Incorporated Noun | |||
|| Example || Example | |||
|} | |||
====Coverbs==== | ====Coverbs==== |
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