3.4.3. Position of the noun phrase with the relative clause within the matrix clause
The preferred position of a noun phrase with a relative clause is clause-initial. In-situ and post-verbal positions are less frequent. Below, the example shows a fronted noun phrase [Syntax - 4.1.] which is modified by a relative clause.
hs
sq ht hn ht
[girl3 earning3give1] ix1 want^neg ix1 tell^not
'I could not tell that I did not want the money that the woman had earned.'
(Kubus 2016: 344)
The example below shows an in-situ noun phrase which is modified by a relative clause. The noun phrase, hangman [competition a-b-c], is the object of the main clause and it is in its in-situ position after the subject of the main clause, ix1.
hs
sq
re ht
ix1 hangman [competition a-b-c] cl-want^not
'I didn't like hangman, a game which uses letters.'
(Kubus 2016: 340)
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