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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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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''. | ||