718 16 Text(922) i-ss-astaen-\t ae-naes-bahu
3MaSgS-Caus-ask-\3MaSgO Sg-Agent-lying
d abba-nnet
Comit father-3SgPoss
'The lying man asked him about his (=midget's) father.'(923) [0-aezewaeb-\a-s 'a-maknud]
[3MaSgS-reply.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg Sg-midget]
l-nna-\0-s
3MaSgS-say.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg
abba-nin 1-kka e-daegg-\dasv
father-lSgPoss 3MaSgS-go.to.PerfP Sg-place-\in
odd-n n0-s3nnaw-aen
falI.Reslt-3MaPlS Pl-sky-MaPl
i-s-OYta-\0-saen t-i-jattew-en
3MaSgS-Caus-be.planted.LoImpfP-\Dat-3MaPl Fe-Pl-stake-FePl
'He (=midget) answered him, saying: "my father, he went to a place in
which the skies have fallen; he is planting (tent) stakes (in the ground)
for them."'
[topicalized preverbal noun 'my father' §11.1, indefinite relative of
prepositional complement 'place' with no loss of V-lengthening
formative of Re sultative verb §12.1.4, 'sky' always MaPl inform,
transitive '(im)plant' is formally the causative of 'be planted' §8.1.1](924) 0-olaes i-ss-astaen-\t
3MaSgS-repeat.PerfP 3MaSgS-Caus-ask.PerfP-\3MaSgO
d anna-nnet
Comit mother-3SgPoss
'He asked him again about his mother.'
['repeat' = 'do again' followed by a finite complement §13.6.2](925) 0-aezewasb-\a-s l-nna-\0-s
3MaSgS-reply.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg 3MaSgS-say.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg
anna-nin t-akka e-dasgg-\dar
mother-lSgPoss 3FeSgS-go.to.PerfP Sg-place-\in
i-mbaj
3MaSgS-be.perforated(Vnbj).Reslt
£e-kall t-aggat-\a-s t:ikas-t
Sg-land 3FeSgS-hit(Vwt).LoImpfP-\Dat-3Sg Fe-cloth.piece-FeSg
'He (=midget) replied to him, saying: "my mother, she went to a place
in which the land (=ground) had been perforated; she is hitting a piece
of cloth for it (=patching it).'"
[preverbal topic noun 'my mother' §11.1, indefinite relative of
prepositional complement, either t-sggät with 3FeSgS t- plus LolmpfP
variant -aggdt- or synonymous 0-t-aggdt with zeroed 3FeSgS ft-/ plus