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| Muna uses a gapping strategy with a participle marking in the verb | | Muna uses a gapping strategy with a participle marking in the verb |
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| :[late came-{{sc|ptcp}}] girl-{{sc|agt}} sad | | :[late came-{{sc|ptcp}}] girl-{{sc|agt}} sad |
| :''The girl [who came late] is sad.'' | | :''The girl [who came late] is sad.'' |
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| ;Direct object
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| :I-{{sc|agt}} rose-{{sc|pat}} [kate-{{sc|agt}} see-{{sc|ptcp}}] girl to give
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| :I gave a rose to the girl [that Kate saw].
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| ;Indirect object
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| :John [I letter girl to write-{{sc|ptcp}}] know
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| :John knows the girl [I wrote a letter to].
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| ;Oblique
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| :I found the rock [which the robbers had hit John over the head with].
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| :I rock found
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| ;Genitive
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| :The girl [whose father died] told me she was sad.
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| :girl I tell
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| ;Obj of Comp
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| :The first person [I can't run faster than] will win a million dollars.
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| : first person million dollars win
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| === Comparative === | | === Comparative === |