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(16) a. Semantic leitmotif
ऊ आइल ।

u ɑil
u ɑ-il

3SG come-3SG.PST
'He came.' (12.117)

b. Unraised verbal complement
ऊ कहली 'क ऊ आइल ।

u kʌɦli ki u ɑil

u kʌɦ-ʌl-i ki u ɑ-il
3SG say-PP-3.PST.F.MH comp 3SG come-3SG.PST
'She said that he came.' (12.118)

c. *Raised object

* ऊ ओके कहली आ चुकल ।
u oke kʌɦli ɑ cukʌl

u u-ke kʌɦ-ʌl-i ɑ cuk-ʌl
3SG 3SG-DAT say-PP-3.PST.F.MH come finish-PP
* 'She said him to have come.' (12.119)

d. Raised subject
ऊ आ चुकल बतावल जाला ।

u ɑ cukʌl bʌtɑwʌl jɑlɑ

u ɑ cuk-ʌl bɑt-ɑ-wʌl jɑ-lɑ
3SG come finish-PP tell-PASS-PP go-3SG.PRES
'He is said to have come.' (12.120)

A different lexical verb may be involved in the passive-marked raised-to-
subject variant, though semantically and diachronically related as in the pairing of देख

/dekʰ/ 'see' and लाग /lɑɡ/ 'seem' as shown in (17a-d).

(17) a. Semantic leitmotif

बाबुजी खsखत रहनी ।
bɑbuji kʰõkʰʌt rʌɦni

bɑbu-ji kʰõkʰ-ʌt rʌɦ-ni
father-H cough-IMPF live-PST.H

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