Note: In the glosses, the following conventions apply:
( ) sumti
« » selbri
[ ] bridi
< > abstraction/relativisation
{ } grouping
boxed cell semantic role of sumti
For instance:
| .i | [1(2dei)2 | |
| '.' | this utterance | [is, does] |
| lisri1 (story(ies)) | ||
| -- |
| «3lisri»3 | (4le | <5nu |
| being story(ies) | the | event(s) of |
| lisri2 (plot) | ||
| -- | ||
| [6«7cpare»7 | (8lo | cmana)8]6>5)4]1 | |
| climb-ing | any/some | mountain(s) | |
| cpare2 (climbing surface(s)) | |||
Note: This indicates that dei is the first sumti of the selbri lisri (lisri1); lenu cpare... is the second sumti of lisri (lisri1); and cmana is the second sumti of the selbri cpare (cpare2). Furthermore: dei, le nu cpare lo cmana, and cmana are sumti; lisri and cpare are selbri; nu cpare lo cmanais an abstraction; and the sentence contains two clauses: cpare lo cmana, and dei lisri le nu cpare lo cmana.