Re: trigger langs: More than one verb in a sentence?

Why do you need the verb "to use" in this example? Doesn't the instrumental
"voice" already contain the concept of use?

INSTRUMENTALVOICE-LASSIVE-learn NONTRIGGER-me NONTRIGGER-him TRIGGER-book
"The book is my let-learn instrument regarding him"


"B. Garcia" <madyaas@...> wrote:
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Subject: trigger langs: More than one verb in a sentence?
So, i've been restructuring Saalangal, and i'm a bit stuck on how to
go about working with the triggers on sentences like:
"I used the book to teach him". Obviously one of the verbs takes a
trigger (in this case the instrumental (as the act was performed using
the book). But i'm not sure whether is should be "used", or  "to
teach"? I thought that maybe both would take the trigger, indicating
they are verbs, but then I thought "maybe not?".
Here's what it would be with both verbs taking the trigger:
táianibara hanra sarémeyibara ati manaw ko malang /'ta?i?an?ibara
'hanra sa'rem?ej?ibara 'ati ma'naw ko ma'laN/ - used.past.inst.
in.order teach.inf.inst. I-non-trig him.non-trig TRIG book
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