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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.''
:; Correlative
:: [sheep that wool not has], sheep that horses saw.
::: ''The sheep has no wool, that sheep saw horses.''
:; 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.''
:; Demonstrative
:: The sheep a wagon [the horse that pulling] rides.
::: ''The sheep rides a wagon, that the horse is pulling.''
; Oblique
; Oblique
:; Regular clause
:; Regular clause
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