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## How to Shorten VPs
### The Background
In the previous chapter on <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp">VP structure</Link> we learned that there are two main actors in VPs
1. The <strong>King</strong> <KingIcon /> is an <Link to="/phrase-structure/np">NP</Link> that controls the verb
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<img className="img-fluid" src={VPStructureSummary} alt={"VP structure in Pashto with past tense"} />
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### The Rule
So, now that we've reviewed the roles of **king** <KingIcon /> and **servant** <ServantIcon /> all we need to know is one simple rule.
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This kind of craziness where the verb lines up with the object is called [ergativity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergative%E2%80%93absolutive_alignment) and in Pashto it only happens in the past-tense which makes it a [split ergative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_ergativity) language. Yay. Because Pashto.
The other thing that happens in that **the subject always inflects** and the **the object does NOT inflects**.
The other thing that happens in that **the subject always inflects** and the **the object does NOT inflect**.
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