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Example 23-1
Gavman blong Canada i kivim mane tu blong wan kompiuta blong Nasonal Akaev blong Vanuatu.
Gavman
government
blong
prep
Canada
Canada
i
agr
kivim
give:
tr
mane
money
tu
too
blong
comp
wan
indf
.
art
kompiuta
computer
blong
prep
Nasonal
national
Akaev
archive
blong
prep
Vanuatu.
Vanuatu
The Canadian Government has also given money for a computer for the National Archives of Vanuatu.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Vanuatu Weekly Hebdomadaire, 29 Nov 1997
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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