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The ''pyśme vean'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in late Classical Netagin. The applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use either the gap strategy or resumptive pronouns for less "relativizable" positions in the relativization hierarchy). Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry, even in Classical Netagin.

==== Deranked relative clauses ====

Netagin also has deranked relative clauses, which uses possessed verbal nouns and (todo:) mirror similar constructions in Lushootseed (cf. English ''the weapon of your choosing''). The possessor of such a verbal noun is ~~the agent or~~ the patient~~, depending on whether~~ the ~~verbal noun~~ is ~~agent~~-~~oriented or patient~~-~~oriented~~. ~~(should have different VNs for these two "voices"~~)

Netagin also has deranked relative clauses, which uses possessed verbal nouns and (todo:) mirror similar constructions in Lushootseed (cf. English ''the weapon of your choosing''). The possessor of such a verbal noun is always the patient. This construction must be used exactly when the subject is the head.

ni myzuj bi qylmie viel 'the fruit that I eat' has a deranked relative clause counterpart: ''ni myzuj lamjal'' (DET fruit-3SG eat/VN-1SG.POSS 'the fruit of my eating'); however this means 'the fruit that eats me'.

===Complement clauses===

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 The ''pyśme vean'' "such that" + resumptive pronoun construction is always available in late Classical Netagin. The applicative has been lost in Modern Netagin vernaculars, which instead use either the gap strategy or resumptive pronouns for less "relativizable" positions in the relativization hierarchy). Internally headed relative clauses are restricted to poetry, even in Classical Netagin.
 ==== Deranked relative clauses ====
-Netagin also has deranked relative clauses, which uses possessed verbal nouns and (todo:) mirror similar constructions in Lushootseed (cf. English ''the weapon of your choosing''). The possessor of such a verbal noun is the agent or the patient, depending on whether the verbal noun is agent-oriented or patient-oriented. (should have different VNs for these two "voices")
+Netagin also has deranked relative clauses, which uses possessed verbal nouns and (todo:) mirror similar constructions in Lushootseed (cf. English ''the weapon of your choosing''). The possessor of such a verbal noun is always the patient. This construction must be used exactly when the subject is the head.
+ni myzuj bi qylmie viel 'the fruit that I eat' has a deranked relative clause counterpart: ''ni myzuj lamjal'' (DET fruit-3SG eat/VN-1SG.POSS 'the fruit of my eating'); however this means 'the fruit that eats me'.
 ===Complement clauses===