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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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| ''leed'' || ''agen'' || ''igeeth'' || '''''ai''''' || ''aekhlaat''
| ''leed'' || ''agen'' || ''igeeth'' || '''''ai''''' || ''aekhlaat''
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| I || see || tree-OBJ || REL/SUBJ || burn
| I || see || tree-OBJ || REL/SUBJ || burn
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|colspan="5"|'I see a tree that burns'
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|}
'I see a tree that burns'


The tree is an object of the sentence, but is the subject of the clause (it is what I see, but it is what is burning). So ''ai'' is the appropriate relativizer, not ''au''.
The tree is an object of the sentence, but is the subject of the clause (it is what I see, but it is what is burning). So ''ai'' is the appropriate relativizer, not ''au''.