Example 14-141

The mailman done passed?
The
the
mailman
mailman
done
already
passed?
passed
Has the mailman already delivered the mail (lit. Has the mailman already passed)?
Comment:
While questions are often formed with inverted auxiliaries, they are also indicated with question intonation -- often a final level or falling tone. Such questions are true questions requesting information, not rhetorical questions.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own data