Constituent chart: "Inga Text"

from Longacre, Robert E. and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1978. Field analysis of discourse. In Current Trends in Textlinguistics, ed. by Wolfgang U. Dressler, 103-22. Berlin: de Gruyter. Used by permission. [With modifications based on Dooley and Levinsohn (2001) and personal communication with Levinsohn, 2003]

Sample	Meaning
sample	Moved (e.g. fronted) text
«sample»	Direct quotation
... 1�	Participant 1: mother-in-law
... 2�	Participant 2: father
... A�	Participant A: piece of papaya
——	Zero anaphora

�

Pre-nuclear elements

Independent Clauses

Post-nuclear elements

�

(O)

�

Chihora

that-time

chi	suégraca	1�
that	mother-in-law	�

—— 2� [Postposed Goal]

ñugpagrinsi,

went-ahead-of

huacaspa,

weeping

� b

�

chilacuán	piti	A�	pambascama.
wild-papaya	piece	�	to-where-had-buried

Chayagríspaca,

going-and-arriving

—— 1�

—— 2�

ninsi:

said

�

� b

�

« —— 3�

Caypimi

here

pambarayá	»
is-buried	�

�

Chasa	níspaca,
thus	saying

—— 1�

carumalla

to-just-far

sipirigrís

going-and-strangling-self

�

� b

�

miticú.

fled

�

Chihora

that-time

chi	taytaca	2�
that	father	�

chi	pozótasi
that	grave

utcú.

dug

�

Alpa	sitaspa,
earth	removing

—— 2�

chilacuán	pitíllasi	A�
wild-papaya	just-piece	�

tarí.

found

�

—— 2�

«	Ajay	»	-si
�	oh-no	�

ní.

said

�

� b

«	Cayhórami
�	now

�

—— 2�

yachahuanga.	»
it-will-be-known-to-me	�

�

Chasa	níspaca,
thus	saying

—— 2�

rastrótasi

footprint

catichí

followed

�

Riscata	1�	catichíspaca,
to-one-who-had-gone	�	following

—— 2�

[in Pre-nuc]

tarigrinsi.

went-and-found

�

Timpo

already

sipiríscasi	1�
one-who-had-strangled-self	�

�

huarcurayá

was-suspended

�