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=== Relative constructions === | === Relative constructions === | ||
Proto-angaran builds relative constructions with the help of demonstratives. Generally speaking, a correlative construction with a demonstrative in the relative and main clauses is the most versatile, but Passive-relative constructions can drop the demonstrative from the main clause, and Active-relative constructions can drop all the demonstratives and fully rely in word order instead. | |||
; Active (sheep) | ; Active (sheep) | ||
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:: The sheep wool not has. | :: The sheep wool not has. | ||
:::''The sheep had no wool.'' | :::''The sheep had no wool.'' | ||
:; Gapping | :; Gapping | ||
:: The sheep [wool not has] horses saw. | :: The sheep [wool not has] horses saw. | ||
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:: A horse sheep [that wool not has] saw. | :: A horse sheep [that wool not has] saw. | ||
::: ''A horse saw the sheep that had no wool.'' | ::: ''A horse saw the sheep that had no wool.'' | ||
:; Correlative | |||
:: [sheep that wool not has], sheep that horses saw. | |||
::: ''The sheep has no wool, that sheep saw horses.'' | |||
; Passive (wagon) | ; Passive (wagon) | ||
:; Regular clause | :; Regular clause | ||
:: The horse a wagon pulling. | :: The horse a wagon pulling. | ||
::: ''The horse pulling a wagon.'' | ::: ''The horse pulling a wagon.'' | ||
:; Demonstrative | |||
:: The sheep a wagon [the horse that pulling] rides. | |||
::: ''The sheep rides a wagon, that the horse is pulling.'' | |||
:; Correlative | :; Correlative | ||
:: [The horse wagon that pulling], the sheep wagon that rides. | :: [The horse wagon that pulling], the sheep wagon that rides. | ||
::: ''The horse is pulling a wagon, the sheep rides that wagon.'' | ::: ''The horse is pulling a wagon, the sheep rides that wagon.'' | ||
; Oblique | ; Oblique | ||
:; Regular clause | :; Regular clause | ||