Datapoint Nigerian Pidgin/Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’

Motion-from involving a verb such as pul ‘pull’ is normally expressed by the secondary preposition/serialized verb frò̱m used together with the serialized verb kò̱mót ‘leave’.

Values

Serial verb construction plus preposition

Example 17-143:
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.

Source: Faraclas 1996: 155

Example 17-144:
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.

Source: Faraclas 1996: 155

Confidence:
Certain