Re: deeply embedded VSO nightmare

 >From: kam@CARROT.CLARA.NET
 >
 >Finally you can use relative pronouns or personal pronouns to disambiguate
 >the sentence and possibly also emphasise parts of it. eg. if "nat" means
 >"she" you could say :
 >
 >(1) na tath daipoth fid?al, lero nat aldoven
 >(2) na tath daipoth fid?al aldoven, lero nat
 >(3) na tath daipoth, lero nat fid?al aldoven

        Actually, the word for "she" is 'na', just as it happens to be
the definite article.  It turns out this idea works sometimes, but if
you have a transitive, this resumptive anaphora can be just as
confusing.

 >I suppose this is a case of "fronting", bringing the important element
 >of the sentence forward to make it more prominent.

        This will probably be the best solution: move the main clause
bits to the front of the verb.  Not entirely sure yet, and I'd like
there to be some out for someone who has embarked on a big sentence,
and the realizes he is talking himself into a grammatical corner. :)

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