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mʌŋru ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈlʌkʰ
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mʌŋru ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈ-ʌl-ʌkʰ
Mangru Dhondhai ACC beat-PP-3.PST
'Mangru beat Dhondhai.' (12.130)
b. Unraised verbal subject

मङ0 खाितर ढMढ़ाई के िपटल गलत रहे ।
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mʌŋru kʰɑtir ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈʌl ɡʌlʌt rʌɦe
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mʌŋru kʰɑtir ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈ-ʌl ɡʌlʌt rʌɦ-e
Mangru for Dhondhai ACC beat-INF wrong live-3.PST
'For Mangru to beat Dhondhai was wrong.' (12.131)

c. Post-posed verbal subject/complement
ई गलत रहे, मङ0 खाितर ढsढ़ाई के िपटल ।
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i ɡʌlʌt rʌɦe mʌŋru kʰɑtir ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈʌl
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i ɡʌlʌt rʌɦ-e mʌŋru kʰɑtir ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈ-ʌl
PROX wrong live-3.PST Mangru for Dhondhai ACC beat-INF
'It was wrong for Mangru to beat Dhondhai.' (12.132)

d. Raised subject of complement
मङ0 गलत रहे, ढsढ़ाई के िपटे म" ।
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mʌŋru ɡʌlʌt rʌɦe ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈe mẽ
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mʌŋru ɡʌlʌt rʌɦ-e ɖõɽ ̊ ɑi ke piʈ-e mẽ
Mangru wrong live-3.PST Dhondhai ACC beat-SEQ LOC
'Mangru was wrong to beat Dhondhai.' (12.133)

c) Functional dimensions
(i) Semantic correlates: Raising and affectedness
If correlates are rephrased, as Givón (2001b:275) quotes Postal (1974), with

consequences of having vs. not having a direct object that is directly encountered or
experienced by the main-clause subject, that is with patient-role property of

affectedness, as shown in (20a-b).
(20) a. Un-raised

हमरा खटकल &क दुयwधन सही रहे ।

ɦʌmrɑ kʰʌʈkʌl ki duryod ̤ ʌn sʌɦi rʌɦe
ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ kʰʌʈʌk-ʌl ki duryod ̤ ʌn sʌɦi rʌɦ-e
1SG-GEN-SPEC strike-3SG.PST comp Duryodhan correct live-3.PST

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