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Value Cleft with copula before focus
Language:
Singlish
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Examples
It was my father who built the house.
It
it
was
be.
pst
my
1sg
.
poss
father
father
who
pro
built
build.
pst
the
det
house.
house
It was my father who built the house.
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