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The I and C slots are the most restricted in their distribution. 

 An I slot occurs only clause-initially or preceded by a C slot, while a 

 C slot may occur only in initial position in the clause. 



NON-PREDICATE CLAUSES 



Non-predicate clauses are of rather infrequent occurrence in the 

 text, comprising only 42 of the 910 clauses. Of these, the most 

 commonly occurring is the prepositional clause, of which there are 30 

 in the text. 

 Of the prepositional clauses, seven consist of a D slot only: 



p 



di? Mnisd^ na 



here west side down 



It was down here on the west side. 



Sixteen are composed of a D slot followed by an S slot : 

 D ^^ 



diiwe- d^ldi na cl-na 

 this way north down river 

 It was at the river flowing from the north. 



Four are made up of a D slot preceded by an S slot : 

 S ^B_^ 



hioa-nti 'i'a'i'a-tdwi yuk^- 

 giant key there 



The giant's key is there. 



In addition, there is one clause of the type CD and two of the type 

 CDS: 



C J)_ s 

 gu di-yii bis&ri 

 and here blanket 

 And here is a blanket. 



There are ten ?eu clauses in the text. These all contain an S slot 

 either introduced or closed by the particle ?eu. In this context 

 'i'eu may be translated as it was or there was. 



S 



'eu cdsdpA 



Satan 

 It was Satan. 



AU but one of the ?eu clauses is composed entirely of an S slot. The 

 one exception has a C slot preceding the S slot: 



C S 



i 



