Value Particle, a few lexical items may intervene

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb

Examples

  1. Well, the people-them 'round the neighborhood call the ambulance for me. They call the ambulance. And when they did call the police, the fellows-them fled, they gone.
    And
    and
    when
    when
    they
    they
    did
    pst
    call
    call
    the
    the
    police
    police
    [...]
    [...]
    And when they had called the police [...]
  2. This is about - this is about three, four years ago, and I been to hospital, was taking drip, 'cause my head did partly - swell, you know, and the doctor - the doctor - uh - I don't know what they did - there just - was that bleeding form my nose and mouth, and the doctor just - I don't know what they - put me sleep, and they do th- something to my head, I ain't know, yeah [...].
    [...]
    [...]
    'cause
    because
    my
    my
    head
    head
    did
    pst
    partly
    partly
    -
     
    swell
    swell
    [...].
    [...]
    [...] because my head was partly swollen [...].
  3. They cut off the light, they cut off the light and they was throwing ball, you see, it's a team was playing, and this other team didn't like how they lost, and they start throwing ball like - I was walking, coming up - on the hill, coming out. And he hit me - I had the place - some place I went with - I - had they clothes coming, and when they hit me, and I fall right back on my back. [But you weren't even involved in the game? You were just watching - standing by, right, walking by?] No, uh-huh. One pregnant woman did get hit, too, before me. [And what happened to her?] She did gotty gone to hospital. That's why you see now they build gyms to go play in.
    One
    a
    pregnant
    pregnant
    woman
    woman
    did
    pst
    get
    get
    hit,
    hit
    too
    too
    [...]
    [...]
    She
    she
    did
    pst
    gotty
    mod.aux
    gone
    go
    to
    to
    hospital.
    hospital
    A pregnant woman got hit, too, [before me] [...] She had to be taken to the hospital.