Value Serial verb construction plus preposition

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Faraclas 1996: 75-81, 156-157

Examples

  1. Ìm ko̱m pul Uche kò̱mót frò̱m hol.
    Ìm
    3sg.sbj
    ko̱m
    REALIS
    pul
    pull
    Uche
    Uche
    kò̱mót
    leave
    frò̱m
    loc
    hol.
    hole
    S/he pulled Uche from out of the hole.

    See Faraclas 1996: 155

  2. Ìm ko̱m pul Uche frò̱m hol kò̱mót.
    Ìm
    3sg.sbj
    ko̱m
    REALIS
    pul
    pull
    Uche
    Uche
    frò̱m
    loc
    hol
    hole
    kò̱mót.
    leave
    S/he pulled Uche out of the hole.

    See Faraclas 1996: 155