[tlhIngan Hol] Apposition in the *paq'batlh*

[Steven Boozer]

I'm not sure.  I am curious as to why {marqagh puqloD} is also tagged with {-'e'}.  It makes sense to tag {molor Duy} with {-'e'} as {Duy} is the subject of {ghaHtaH}, not {molor}:

  qatlh ngemDaq ghaHtaH molor Duy'e'
  Why is Molor's envoy in the woods?

Do both parts of a name + patronymic need to be so tagged since the formula is an apposition?  Do we have any other examples of {X Y puqloD/puqbe'} tagged with 'e'?  (This is the only one I know of.)

I don't recognize the name.  Do we know that Markag is, in fact, the father of Molor?  Is he mentioned anywhere else in the paq'batlh?  

I wonder... has this line been changed in PB 2nd edition?

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Voragh

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From: luis.chaparro--- via tlhIngan-Hol
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 6:29 AM

   *qatlh ngemDaq ghaHtaH
   molor Duy'e' marqagh puqloD’e’
   Hop juHlIj nov*
 
   What is an envoy of Molor,
   Son of Markag, doing in these woods?
   You are far away from home, stranger.
       (paq'yav 3, 1-3)

Maybe I'm understanding this wrong, but wouldn't that mean that the envoy is the son of Markag? Since *'e'* gives us the reference for *ghaHtaH*, *ghaHtaH* = *molor Duy* and *ghaHtaH* = *marqagh puqloD*: He is an envoy of Molor and he is the son of Markag.

Shouldn't it have been something like *molor marqagh puqloD Duy'e'*? Or maybe *molor Duy'e' marqagh puqloD Duy'e'*?

By the way: A bit later we see *molor QaS HoS* for *The men of mighty Molor*. Why isn't it *molor HoS QaS*?
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