Datapoint Pichi/Instrument relative clauses

The most common way of forming instrument relative clauses is by 'prepositional phrase chopping' - the preposition and the resumptive pronoun remain altogether unexpressed.

Values

Instrument meaning is left implicit Frequency: 70.0%

Example 19-186:
Dɛ̀n dè go wèt dan gɔn we dɛ̀n dè kil bif ɔ̀ pistola.
Dɛ̀n
3pl
dè
ipfv
go
go
wèt
with
dan
that
gɔn
gun
[we
[subord
dɛ̀n
3pl
dè
ipfv
kil
kill
bif]
wild.animal]
ɔ̀
or
pistola.
pistol
They go with that gun, (with) which they kill wild animals, or a pistol.

Source: Yakpo 2009: 488

Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 30.0%

Example 19-185:
Dì sisɔs we è kɔt dì pepa wètàn.
Dì
def
sisɔs
scissors
[we
[subord
è
3sg.sbj
kɔt
cut
dì
def
pepa
paper
wèt=àn].
with=3sg.obj]
The scissors that she cut the paper with.
Confidence:
Very certain