nIqolay Q:
> And relative clauses can take adverbials; for
> instance, {nom lengbogh Duj} "ship that
> travels quickly" is how you say "fast ship".

ok, wait a second.. an adverb can refer to the verb of a {-bogh} thing (or clause) ?

so far I believed that an adverb can only refer to the main verb of a sentence !

lets write an example

reH bo'Degh Sopbogh vIghro''e' legh Human.
the human always sees the cat which eats the bird.

this is the only meaning I thought was possible !

is it possible in this sentence the {reH} to refer to the {Sopbogh} thus giving the meaning "the human sees the cat which always eats the bird" ?

qunnoH jan puqloD
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'


On 8 Dec 2016 8:17 pm, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:03 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:

but indeed, all this is speculation; however if it is an adverb then it *has* to refer to the {boSuqlaH}, right ? it is the only verb of the sentence it would be able to refer to. the other verb is the {Qej}, which is entangled in the {-bogh} thing (I don't know the grammar term), so it cannot be referring to that..

The {-bogh} thing is a relative clause. And relative clauses can take adverbials; for instance, {nom lengbogh Duj} "ship that travels quickly" is how you say "fast ship". In the Monopoly sentence, {vabDot} could theoretically apply to either verb. We know it goes with {boSuqlaH} because the alternative "Earth, which even the puny Federation cherishes" makes less sense in context.


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