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Adding new names and glosses for ternary core cases: Ergative, Dative…
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… and Accusative. Updating example sentences glosses. Adding a ⟪Name⟫ column to one table in ⟦noun-roles.md⟧. Adding a mention of a ⟪Discourse Pendent⟫ role in ⟦grammemes.md⟧.
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions grammar/src/grammemes.md
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| t / a | UC1⁓INTR | Unary Case #1, Intransitive |
| c / ı | BC1⁓ERG | Binary Case #1, Ergative |
| k / u | BC2⁓ACC | Binary Case #2, Accusative |
| p / e | TC1⁓TERG | Ternary Case #1, Ternary Ergative |
| č / ï | TC2⁓CACC | Ternary Case #2, Coaccusative |
| q / o | TC3⁓TACC | Ternary Case #3, Ternary Accusative |
| p / e | TC1⁓ERG₃ | Ternary Case #1, (Ternary) Ergative |
| č / ï | TC2⁓DAT | Ternary Case #2, Dative |
| q / o | TC3⁓ACC₃ | Ternary Case #3, (Ternary) Accusative |
| pʰ / aʼa | QC1 | Quaternary Case #1 |
| cʰ / eʼe | QC2 | Quaternary Case #2 |
| čʰ / ïʼï | QC3 | Quaternary Case #3 |
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| ŋ | SEQ | Sequential |
| l | MOD | Modificative |
| ł | PRP | Propositional |
|| PND | Discourse Pendent |
|| DSIT | Discourse Situative |

### PARTICIPIALIZERS / SUBORDINATORS:
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions grammar/src/lexicon.md
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For roots, participant slots are represented by numbered black circles, ordered according to the following case hierarchy:
* For unary roots: Intransitive case;
* For binary verbs: Ergative → Accusative;
* For ternary verbs: TERG → CACC → TACC.

* For ternary verbs: Ergative → Dative → Accusative.
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion grammar/src/morphology/roles/determinacy.md
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```
┌───────────────
│ ◆ Ikïyéwa qoyenïpákı.
│ ❖ ASR.SEN-1P:TC2-grateful TC3-PROP-TC1-1P:TC2-help
│ ❖ ASR.SEN-1P:DAT-grateful ACC₃-PROP-ERG-1P:DAT-help
│ ➥ I am grateful to you for helping me.
└─
```
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34 changes: 17 additions & 17 deletions grammar/src/morphology/roles/noun-roles.md
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IC ≝ Internal/inner case

```
┌─────────────┬────┬─────
Arity │ OC │ IC │
├─────────────┼────┼─────
│ Unary: │ t │ a
├─────────────┼────┼─────
│ Binary: │ c │ ı
│ │ k │ u
├─────────────┼────┼─────
│ Ternary: │ p │ e
│ │ č │ ï
│ │ q │ o
├─────────────┼────┼─────
│ Quaternary: │ pʰ │ aʼa │
│ │ cʰ │ eʼe │
│ │ čʰ │ ïʼï │
│ │ qʰ │ oʼo │
└─────────────┴────┴─────
┌─────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────┐
Arity │ OC │ IC │ Name │
├─────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────┤
│ Unary: │ t │ a │ Intransitive │
├─────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────┤
│ Binary: │ c │ ı │ Ergative │
│ │ k │ u │ Accusative │
├─────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────┤
│ Ternary: │ p │ e │ Ergative │
│ │ č │ ï │ Dative │
│ │ q │ o │ Accusative │
├─────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────┤
│ Quaternary: │ pʰ │ aʼa │
│ │ cʰ │ eʼe │
│ │ čʰ │ ïʼï │
│ │ qʰ │ oʼo │
└─────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────┘
```

Other core cases:
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions grammar/src/morphology/roles/other-roles.md
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```
┌───────────────
│ ◆ Oθenïyi̋čal qaoci̋ tayakóyu (ñaʼáı) hurú tayaƛúrı.
│ ❖ ASR.REC-you_know_what:TC1-me:TC2-√assert_to
TC3-PCCS-√is_one INTR-DEF-INTR-√dog (EAPCZ-√and)
│ ❖ ASR.REC-you_know_what:ERG₃-me:DAT-√assert_to
ACC₃-PCCS-√is_one INTR-DEF-INTR-√dog (EAPCZ-√and)
│ COO-√are_two INTR-DEF-INTR-√cat
│ ➥ That one said to me that the dog was one and the cats were two.
└─
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┌───────────────
│ ◆ Aılé tatʼí, ʎaıθenïtoyi̋čal.
│ ❖ ASR-√is_blue INTR-INTR-√bird
│ ATR-you_know_what:TC1-me:TC2-RSM:TC3-√assert_to
│ ATR-you_know_what:ERG₃-me:DAT-RSM:ACC₃-√assert_to
│ ➥ The bird was blue, they said to me.
└─
```
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┌───────────────
│ ◆ Olé tatʼí, ʎaıθenïtoyi̋čal.
│ ❖ ASR.RPT-√is_blue INTR-INTR-√bird
│ ATR-you_know_what:TC1-me:TC2-RSM:TC3-√assert_to
│ ATR-you_know_what:ERG₃-me:DAT-RSM:ACC₃-√assert_to
│ ➥ I heard that the bird was blue, that's what they said to me (at least).
└─
```
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions grammar/src/morphology/roles/root-verb-roles.md
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```
┌───────────────
│ ◆ Ï(kï)yı̋yewa.
│ ❖ PFM-(2:TC2)-thank
│ ❖ PFM-(2:DAT)-thank
│ ➥ I hereby thank (you).
└─
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└─
┌───────────────
│ ◆ Kʰunïpákı.
│ ❖ REQ-1:TC2-help
│ ❖ REQ-1:DAT-help
│ ➥ Could you please help me?
└─
┌───────────────
│ ◆ Kʰı(kï)pákı.
│ ❖ OBLAT-(2:TC2)-help
│ ❖ OBLAT-(2:DAT)-help
│ ➥ I'm available to help (you).
└─
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