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Example 13-175
Bot John ain wahn fa gree fa bactize Jedus.
Bot
but
John
John
ain
neg
.
aux
wahn
want
fa
for
gree
agree
fa
for
bactize
baptize
Jedus.
Jesus
But John didn't want to agree to baptize Jesus. (Mt 3.14)
Type:
bible translation
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 8
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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