Test Sentences, 42

Continuing with Gary’s list:

64. Tom laughed at the monkey’s tricks.

So, is laughter a destination? Did the monkey’s tricks move Tom to laughter? Or is it a companion mental state? Tom stands with laughter because of the monkey’s tricks. Or is laughter to be treated like shouting and singing, a noise emitted by someone? Either way the monkey’s tricks belong in the source slot.

A monkey’s tricks would be sɛmba ha dindi. And let’s use the first option with laughter as the destination.

64. sɛmbava ha dindi Tom otni pilile tɛlɛ.

In Kēlen:

64. ñi Tom mamārienne tō jakāe jasānne;

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