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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/29/2019 11:56 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Sorry for insisting on this, but grammar terms confuse me; usually,
I'm better able to understand things through examples.
So, lets take the initial Ca'NoN sentence..
{qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot}
Intercept rudellian plague relief convoy to cardassian union
Suppose we altered/butchered it, by writing:
{qarDaSQa'Daq Dubot ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo'}
In the altered sentence, could the {qarDaSQa'Daq} still refer to the
{ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo'} ? That is, could it mean "the
rudellian plague relief convoy to the cardassian union intercepts you"
? Or the only way this could be interpreted is, "the rudellian plague
relief convoy intercepts you at the cardassian union" ?</pre>
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<p>It could only be interpreted as the latter. You've "split" the <b>-Daq</b>
noun from its clause and stuck it on another clause.</p>
<p>This is the intended relative clause: <b>qarDaqQa'Daq ruDelya'
rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo'</b><i> fleet which carries Rudellian
plague medicine to the Cardassian Union.</i></p>
<p>That clause is a single noun phrase. Think of it as a unit. X = <b>qarDaqQa'Daq
ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo'</b>.</p>
<p>The main clause is <b>X Dabot.</b></p>
<p>Just put the relative clause X in its place.</p>
<p>If you wanted to say the fleet carrying Rudellian plague medicine
to the Cardassian Union blocks you, it would be <b>Dubot X.</b>
You have to put <i>all</i> of X where the X appears. You can't
split pieces of it to go somewhere else in the sentence. <b>Dubot
</b><b>qarDaqQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo'</b>.</p>
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