Datapoint Papiamentu/Order of subject, object, and verb

Papiamentu has marginal VS order, attested only with intransitive predicates. Two examples are included here:

Nèt e ora ei tabata pasa un wardadó di karné ku un tou di karné.
just DEF time DEM.NPROX PST pass INDF keep-er of goat with INDF flock of goat
Just then, a shepherd passed with a flock of goats.

Riba e isla aki ta biba un mion hende.
on DEF island DEM.PROX TNS live one million person
On this island live a million people.

Values

Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Example 47-1:
Awe mainta mi a bai subi Hooiberg.
Awe
today
mainta
morning
mi
1sg
a
pfv
bai
go
subi
climb
Hooiberg.
Hooiberg
This morning I climbed Hooiberg.

Source: Kouwenberg and Murray 1994: 46

Example 47-3:
Maria a duna Wanchu un buki.
Maria
Maria
a
pfv
duna
give
Wanchu
Wanchu
un
indf
buki.
book
Maria gave Wanchu a book.

Source: Kouwenberg and Muysken 1995: 209

Confidence:
Very certain