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Longer combinations made up of two or more of the above some- 

 times occur: 



su "fe 'i'ai su 

 su ?e su ?eu su 

 etc. 



When the informant is searching for words he often fills in with 

 a rather long series of narrative particles which occur, most commonly, 

 at the beginning of a clause: 



su 'i'e su d^i diga-nikuyA ceci hicd-nti cM^d-Se 

 Then the giant's eagle, too, looked up. 



Roughly half of the clauses in the text are introduced by a narrative 

 particle or combination of particles. Narrative particles occur less 

 commonly, although with considerable frequency, between function 

 slots within a clause: 



su ?e dfsi ku su ?e su d^d^^iyu 

 Then they flew southward. 



In the analysis of clause structure, narrative particles are assigned, 

 where possible, to the initial position within the function slot. The 

 above clause, for example, is analyzed as consisting of two function 

 slots with the division occurring between ku and su. 



Narrative particles occur occasionally in non-initial position 

 within a function slot. This may be true in certain function slots, 

 such as the D slot (see p. 132), which sometimes includes two or more 

 elements with intervening narrative particles: 

 D slot 



su ?e su diiw6- su si ca-nicAdyAyA 



this way back he was walking 

 Then he was walking back. 



PREDICATE SLOT (p) 



The grammatical function of a predicate slot with its filler is that 

 normally associated with the term "verb." Among the more common 

 types of concepts which may be expressed by this unit are the fol- 

 lowing: 



Action: sk^ku he bit me 



Perception : sgiikACA he saw me 



State of being: cfyaihastu / am hungry 



Relationship: ka it is his 



The predicate slot is normally filled by a single verb. It may com- 

 prise the entire utterance (as in the above examples) or may be part 

 of a larger construction: 



P 



su "^e fAisi yuk6- d^^'^'^iyu yu?£li hd-di cu-ti 



there that way they flew there where mountain 



Then they flew away to the mountains. 



