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# ''Nan rompóy yashpa tā'itá' '' "The man hit the dog" (''nan''/man = Agent, ''rompóy''/dog = Patient; Direct Voice - Past Tense)

# ''Nan rompóy ta-yashpa tahortā'itá' '' "The dog hit the man" (''nan''/man = Agent, ''rompóy''/dog = Patient; Inverse Voice - Past Tense)

# ''Rompóy yashpa tākitá' '' "The dog hit" (''tākitá''' = Detransitive I - Past Tense; here, the more animate ''nan''/man was removed, while ''rompóy''/dog which is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy was retained)

# ''Rompóy yashpa tākitá' '' "The dog hit" (''tākitá''' = Detransitive I - Past Tense; here, the more animate ''nan''/man was removed, while ''rompóy''/dog which is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy was retained as Agent)

# ''Nan yashpa hortākitá' '' "The man hit" (''hortākitá''' = Detransitive II - Past Tense; here, the less animate ''rompóy''/dog was removed, and the more animate argument ''nan''/man was retained)

# ''Nan yashpa hortākitá' '' "The man hit" (''hortākitá''' = Detransitive II - Past Tense; here, the less animate ''rompóy''/dog was removed, and the more animate argument ''nan''/man was retained as Agent)

In clause chains, the Detransitive I voice is used to remove the higher animate NP from the argument structure. This allows for the lower animate argument to serve as the pivot for succeeding chains and allows the speaker to apply PRO-drop. The Detransitive II voice, in removing the lower animate argument, ensures that the higher animate NP is retained to serve as the pivot for the succeeding clauses, thus again allowing the speaker to apply PRO-drop without causing ambiguity. If a clause containing a verb in the Detransitive I voice is followed by another clause containing a verb in the Detransitive II voice, or vice versa, the result is similar to languages that use switch-reference to signal which argument is serving the role as Subject.

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 # ''Nan rompóy yashpa tā'itá' '' "The man hit the dog"  (''nan''/man = Agent, ''rompóy''/dog = Patient; Direct Voice - Past Tense)
 # ''Nan rompóy ta-yashpa tahortā'itá' '' "The dog hit the man"  (''nan''/man = Agent, ''rompóy''/dog = Patient; Inverse Voice - Past Tense)
-# ''Rompóy yashpa tākitá' '' "The dog hit" (''tākitá''' = Detransitive I - Past Tense; here, the more animate ''nan''/man was removed, while ''rompóy''/dog which is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy was retained)
+# ''Rompóy yashpa tākitá' '' "The dog hit" (''tākitá''' = Detransitive I - Past Tense; here, the more animate ''nan''/man was removed, while ''rompóy''/dog which is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy was retained as Agent)
-# ''Nan yashpa hortākitá' '' "The man hit" (''hortākitá''' = Detransitive II - Past Tense; here, the less animate  ''rompóy''/dog was removed, and the more animate argument ''nan''/man was retained)
+# ''Nan yashpa hortākitá' '' "The man hit" (''hortākitá''' = Detransitive II - Past Tense; here, the less animate  ''rompóy''/dog was removed, and the more animate argument ''nan''/man was retained as Agent)
 In clause chains, the Detransitive I voice is used to remove the higher animate NP from the argument structure.  This allows for the lower animate argument to serve as the pivot for succeeding chains and allows the speaker to apply PRO-drop.  The Detransitive II voice, in removing the lower animate argument, ensures that the higher animate NP is retained to serve as the pivot for the succeeding clauses, thus again allowing the speaker to apply PRO-drop without causing ambiguity.  If a clause containing a verb in the Detransitive I voice is followed by another clause containing a verb in the Detransitive II voice, or vice versa, the result is similar to languages that use switch-reference to signal which argument is serving the role as Subject.