Sentence

Id: 3436 Language: Gungbe
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lɛ́kpɔ́nbɔ̀mɛ̀ɖòkpó-ɖòkpósí-anyínɖɔ̀é(-ɖé)tɔ̀n
ChildPLcomevisit1SG-ACCCONJperson-one.onesit-downCONJsayword3SG-ɖéPOSSPREP1SG-ACC
The children came to visit me and each of them sat down to tell me about him/herself.

Sentence Properties

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Anaphora Project
Semantic verb class
Body attitude verb, Verb of saying
What is the relation between the matrix and the immediately subordinate clause?
Infinitival complement
Verb Diathesis Type
Intransitive, Transitive, Prepositional complement and subject, Double complement and subject
Related sentences
yes
CommentsID3425.
Follow-up needed for missing information
yes
Follow-up needed1. GLOSS, Prep shows up again
2. Segmentation of 'mɛ̀ɖòkpó-ɖòkpó' (Is 'one' a pronoun or a number?).
3. NUM is PL?
Consultant's comments
Observe the sequence NP>pro-ɖé>Possessive, which, in English, would correspond to something like 'John told me stories of himself'.