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 ===Verbs===
-The verb phrase in Nankôre require at a minimum an initial verb, plus one of the clause-final auxiliaries, '' 'itá' '' for transitive clauses, and '' 'iná'' '.  An initial verb may be the main verb itself, or an auxiliary.  A sort of division of labor exists between these components; one set of clitics or affixes may attach to one of the components, and another set to the other component.
+The verb phrase in Nankôre requires at a minimum an initial verb, plus one of the clause-final auxiliaries, '' 'itá' '' for transitive clauses or intransitive clauses where the subject's theta-role is that of Agent, and '' 'iná'' ' for all other intransitive clauses.  A sort of division of labor exists between these components; one set of clitics or affixes may attach to one of the components, and another set to the other component.
 The following set of markers cliticize to the first verb of the VP, which may be either the main verb, or a coverb.  All preverbal clitics attach to the the initial verb: