User:Frrurtu/Sandbox

... ("The Bushlark", 1958), a free-verse piece by the Rttirrian poet ... ..., who is credited with helping Rttirrian literature and poetry branch out from its long tradition of cynicism and darkness.

English		Rttirri	Gloss
As I strode through the forest,		1SG.ABS-PST-walk-and-find-ANTIPASS-DRPAC forest-LOC
I found a bushlark sitting on the ground.		bushlark-DAT that 3SG.ABS-sit-DRPAC ground-LOC
She cooed to greet me		3SG.ABS-PST-coo-DRPAC greet-GER-for 1SG.DAT
and lifted a limp wing to wave.		and 3SG.CAUS-3SG.ABS-wave-wing
"So morose is the cry of the birds of this area,"		3SG.ABS-sad-GER-cry-GER word bird-PL-GEN here
I remarked to myself.		1SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-remark-dummy-DRPAC
"Nay," she said! "I am happy.		no 1SG.ABS-happy-GER-DRPAC 3SG.ERG-PST-say-dummy-DRPAC
"My stomach cries for berries,		3SG.ABS-HAB-cry-stomach-DRPAC berry-PL-for
"but I can answer it with beetles.		but 1SG.ABS-HAB-respond-DRPAC beetle-PL-INS
"My lungs cry for exercise of the wings,		3PL.ABS-HAB-cry-lung-DRPAC exercise-for wing-PL-INS
"but I can answer them with a jog.		but 1SG.ABS-HAB-respond-DRPAC jog-GER-INS
"My heart cries for a man or a friend		3PL.ABS-HAB-cry-heart-DRPAC man-for or friend-for
"of my own kind,		1SG.POSS-species-GEN
"anything for some pleasant conversation,		or talk-GER-for pleasant any
"but I can answer it with you."		but 1SG.ABS-HAB-respond-DRPAC 2SG-INS