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4. A verb or a referential with an attributive: 

 P S 



?ai ta d^aku rikusi hdcacE 

 thus he was rich man 

 Once there was a rich man. 



5. A pronoun, verb, referential or phrase of one of the above types 

 preceded and/or followed by ?eu and/or 6eci: 



P S 



su 'e su d^'ukAcA ^eu mil-kaicA 



he saw him mountain lion 

 Then the mountain lion saw him. 



S P 



su "^e feu sandiya-ku 6eci su yuku na Cuguyanu- 



St. James also away down he sat 

 Then St. James dismounted, too. 



Clauses with compound subjects (i.e., two or more words in coordi- 

 nate relationship) sometimes have two S slots with the subject split 

 between the two: 



S ^_P^ s 



?e hdwdi Biiiyasi z^'^^i gu gawa-yu gu mu-la 



there oxen they are and horses and mules 



There are oxen, horses, and mules. 



OBJECT SLOT (o) 



An object slot with its filler indicates the object of the action 

 expressed by the verb in the predicate slot. Like the subject slot, 

 this is a nonobligatory element which adds redundancy or speci- 

 ficity. The same types of words or phrases may fill the object slot as 

 the subject slot: 



Pronouns: 



P ^ 



?eu sd,yeiba-tE hfsu 

 I look for you you 

 I am looking for you. 



Verbs: 



O p 



su ?e su 'i'eu su ka-wi-d^e-mi su d^uwab^ucA 



his children he called them 



Then he called his children. 



Referentials: 



P O 



su ''e dd'^udanu- miikaiQA 



he killed it mountain lion 

 Then he killed the mountain lion. 



