^^No^egf*^^' iI^ANGUAGE OF SANTA ANA PUEBLO — DAVIS 139 



There are only two interrogative clauses in the text, but such clauses 

 are more common in ordinary conversation than this sampling would 

 indicate. An interrogative clause consists uniformly of an I slot 

 followed by an S slot: 

 I S 



hd-di dydml 



where eagle 



Where is the eagle? 



INDEPENDENT VERSUS DEPENDENT CLAUSES 



Most clauses are independent clauses and as such may stand alone 

 as full sentences. A dependent clause, on the other hand, never 

 occurs in isolation but is closely linked to a contiguous independent 

 clause. Three types of dependent clauses are identified in the text: 



1. Prepositional clauses: 



di'i' b^nisd6 na It was down here on the west side. 



2. Clauses introduced by a C slot filled by gu and: 



gu ?iskA 'i*eu su cd'i'dubanai'i'i And he put one of them in (his pocket) . 



3. Clauses introducing or closing a quotation: 

 d^^dinetA 'i'eu d^A-rai The eagle said. 



Clauses introduced by gu differ from those introduced by other 

 connectives in that they presuppose a preceding clause to which they 

 are linked: 



O D P C O D P 



du 'i'iskA ^eu h6-yd cd-cad^ani gu du 'i'lskA ^eu h^-yd. tisd-ti-s6 



this one with it he breathes and this one with it he has power 



With one he breathes and with the other he has power. 



Clauses introduced by ^esgasku or other connectives, on the other 

 hand, may stand alone as independent clauses: 

 C T P M 



'i'fegasku na capAsi kuimf 



but yet dark slightly 



But it was still a little dark. 



SUPRACLAUSE STRUCTURE 



In this section the clause will be examined within the context of 

 longer stretches of speech. Certain elements will first be described 

 which are not considered to be an integral part of any clause. This 

 will be followed by a consideration of the position of dependent clauses 

 within larger syntactic units. 



FRAGMENT UTTERANCES 



Certain words or short sequences of words occur both in narrative 

 and in conversation which may be spoken in isolation, but which are 



