Datapoint Pidgin Hawaiian/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

Hawaiian expresses the progressive via e VERB (DIR) (ADV) ana and present progressive ke VERB (DIR) (ADV) nei, and in early texts of post-1876 Pidgin Hawaiian, postverbal ana was rarely retained and never with the preverbal marker (generally there is no progressive marker in Pidgin Hawaiian). This feature disappeared in later texts. In Example 77, an adverb intervenes between the verb and the particle.

Values

Particle, a few lexical items may intervene

Example 71-77:
Olelo hou ana.
Olelo
speak
hou
again
ana.
ipfv
[He] was speaking again.
Example 71-76:
Aole wau manao make ana wau, aka, wau nui loa eha keia manawa.
Aole
neg
wau
1sg
manao
think
make
die
ana
ipfv
wau,
1sg
aka,
but
wau
1sg
nui
much
loa
very
eha
hurt
keia
this
manawa.
time
I didn't think I was dying but I was in a lot of pain at the time.
Confidence:
Certain