Jul23 –  A Constructed Language

Jul23 Syntax

Legend: Definitions, Terms, <Text>, [IPA], -Tags-, and "Glosses".

Phrases

A phrase consists of a number of dependent verb forms with the same index prefix (assuming that the index isn't reset in between the verb forms). These verb forms are not required to be contiguous. A phrase may contain 1 verb of the determining type and 1 of the quantity type (multiples of each don't make sense).

Clauses

A clause consists of at least 1 independent verb form. It may also contain phrase components. The main clause appears first with coordinate and subordinate clauses preceded by conjunctions. If there are multiple independent verb forms, they will usually have an argument in common.

Coordinate Clauses

Each coordinate clause is preceded by a coordinating conjunction. If the conjunction is independent, the clause is coordinate with the main clause; otherwise, it's coordinate with the complement clause whose conjunction has the same index prefix.

Coordinating Conjunctions
Word Tag Description
- - -

Complement Clauses

Each complement clause is preceded by the conjunction zin Cpl, which always takes an index prefix (appearing also as an argument of the host verb).

badey badexti zontomix tozin hrahtabar.
ba-dey ba-dexti zon-to-mi-x to-zin hrahta-ba-r
S4-Ana S4-city see-S2-1S-Aor S2-Cpl destroy-S4-Fut
I foresaw the destruction of the city.

Relative Clauses

Each relative clause is preceded by the conjunction kay Rel. Relative clauses are subordinate even though the conjunction doesn't have an index prefix.

tojuko memyawhi mesaysato xertebato kay talgememi batiy bares.
to-juko me-myawhi me-say-sa-to xerte-ba-to kay talge-me-mi ba-tiy ba-res
S2-boy S3-cat S3-have2-R-S2 inhabit-S4-S2 Rel find-S3-1S S4-Prox S4-house
The boy whose cat I found lives in this house.

Adjunct Clauses

Each adjunct clause is preceded by 1 of the remaining non-indexed subordinating conjunctions:

Subordinating Conjunctions
Word Tag Description
- Tmp temporal relationship
- - -

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