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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Examples
Zon txila Maya ni blaku.
Zon
Zon
txila
pull
Maya
Maya
ni
from
blaku.
hole
Zon pulled Maya out of the hole.
Maya sa ni blaku.
Maya
Maya
sa
cop
ni
in
blaku.
hole
Maya is in the hole.
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