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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/1/2016 10:37 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre wrap="">De'vID:
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<pre wrap="">Megatron qam bIngDaq Optimus Prime nach
chevlu'pu'bogh taptaHvIS, Megatron 'IH law' Hoch Decepticon 'IH puS.
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<pre wrap="">there is something which rubs me the wrong way in this sentence.. lets
analyze it together..
first it says:
{Megatron qam bIngDaq Optimus Prime nach chevlu'pu'bogh taptaHvIS}
under the foot of megatron the head of optimus prime, which someone
had separated, while he was squashing
so, we are left to wonder "who was squashing that head ?" only to read
next the name of "megatron", which simultaneously is the first of the
two nouns in a law'/puS construction.
Is this correct ? Can the subject (if megatron is indeed the subject
of the first sentence), be at the same time the first noun of a
law'/puS construction ?</pre>
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<p>There is only one sentence here.</p>
<p><i><b>Megatron</b></i><b> qam bIngDaq</b> (locative phrase)<br>
<i>below Megatron's feet</i><br>
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<p><i><b>Optimus Prime</b></i><b> nach chevlu'pu'bogh taptaHvIS</b>
(subordinate "while" clause containing a relative clause)<br>
<i>while he squashes Optimus Prime's separated head</i></p>
<p><i><b>Megatron</b></i><b> 'IH law' Hoch <i>Decepticon</i> 'IH
puS </b>(main clause)<br>
<i>Megatron is more beautiful than all Decepticons</i></p>
<p>The locative phrase is attached to the relative clause, not the
main clause:</p>
<p><i><b>Megatron</b></i><b> qam bIngDaq <i>Optimus Prime</i> nach
chevlu'pu'bogh taptaHvIS<br>
</b><i>while he [Megatron] squashes Optimus Prime's separated head</i></p>
<p>The second instance of <i>Megatron</i> in the sentence is not
the subject of the subordinate clause; it is only the first noun
of the comparative clause. The subject of the subordinate clause
is an elided <b>ghaH.</b> You have to work out from context that
<b>ghaH</b> refers to Megatron (because who else would be
squashing a severed head but the entity whose feet we are directed
under?).<br>
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