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 | gloss = girl.CL2.S.ABS PST-go-CL2.S alone
 | translation = The girl went unaccompanied.
+}}
+The split ergativity of the language can appear in the same clause.  In the following example, ''torzha'', a Class II noun, requires ergative marking to indicate it is serving as the agent, whilst the argument ''Kodzorin'', a Class I noun, requires the accusative marker ''-jor'' to indicate its role as the patient of the sentence:
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = Torzhadu Kodzorinjor gumbiri jorlu.
+| IPA =
+| morphemes = torzha-du kodzorin-jor gumbiri jorlu.
+| gloss = girl.CL2.S-ERG hammer_PN.CL1.S-ACC AUX.CL2.S.PST hit
+| translation = The girl struck Kodzorin.
 }}
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 | translation = Obedience outweighs all (other) virtues.
 }}
-The split ergativity of the language can appear in the same clause.  In the following example, ''torzha'', a Class II noun, requires ergative marking to indicate it is serving as the agent, whilst the argument ''Kodzorin'', a Class I noun, requires the accusative marker ''-jor'' to indicate its role as the patient of the sentence:
-{{Gloss
-|phrase = Torzhadu Kodzorinjor gumbiri jorlu.
-| IPA =
-| morphemes = torzha-du kodzorin-jor gumbiri jorlu.
-| gloss = girl.CL2.S-ERG hammer_PN.CL1.S-ACC AUX.CL2.S.PST hit
-| translation = The girl struck Kodzorin.
-}}
 {{Gloss