diff --git a/src/content/phrase-structure/shortening-vps.mdx b/src/content/phrase-structure/shortening-vps.mdx index 9b1cfa3..f2ec19a 100644 --- a/src/content/phrase-structure/shortening-vps.mdx +++ b/src/content/phrase-structure/shortening-vps.mdx @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ So what is going on here? 🧐 This is another behaviour of Pashto that can see ## How to Shorten VPs +### The Background + In the previous chapter on VP structure we learned that there are two main actors in VPs 1. The King is an NP that controls the verb @@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ Or if you want to see it in our little review chart... {"VP +### The Rule + So, now that we've reviewed the roles of **king** and **servant** all we need to know is one simple rule.
diff --git a/src/content/phrase-structure/vp.mdx b/src/content/phrase-structure/vp.mdx index 8f1aa8b..cdf1fb2 100644 --- a/src/content/phrase-structure/vp.mdx +++ b/src/content/phrase-structure/vp.mdx @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ The subject (the child) is the servant and the object (me) is th 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**. { {"blocks":[{"key":0.2277679800763388,"block":{"type":"subjectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527812881,"i":11707,"p":"ماشوم","f":"maashoom","g":"maashoom","e":"child, kid","c":"n. m. anim. unisex","ec":"child","ep":"children"},"gender":"masc","genderCanChange":true,"number":"plural","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}}},{"key":0.9330508471129377,"block":{"type":"objectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"pronoun","person":0,"distance":"far"}}}}],"verb":{"type":"verb","verb":{"entry":{"ts":1527812275,"i":11608,"p":"لیدل","f":"leedul","g":"leedul","e":"to see","c":"v. trans./gramm. trans.","psp":"وین","psf":"ween","tppp":"لید","tppf":"leed","ec":"see,sees,seeing,saw,seen"}},"verbTense":"perfectivePast","perfectTense":"presentPerfect","imperativeTense":"imperfectiveImperative","tenseCategory":"basic","transitivity":"transitive","isCompound":false,"voice":"active","negative":false,"canChangeTransitivity":true,"canChangeVoice":true,"canChangeStatDyn":false},"form":{"removeKing":false,"shrinkServant":false}}