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Adverbal Clauses

Arden basically treats complement clauses and adjunct clauses the same way, although the absolute dative is an option for the latter but not the former. Relative clauses are also handled according to the same strategy.

In embedded clauses, the verb takes the infinitive form and is put in the proper case for the function of the clause. For complement clauses, this is generally the absolutive or, at times, the ergative. For adjunct clauses, locative is used for clauses of time, and the full range of postpositions and relator nouns is employed according to their own semantics.

As already stated, the subject of the infinitive is omitted if co-referential with the subject of the matrix clause; otherwise, it is encoded in the genitive.

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