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249. What is a principal sentence?
A principal sentence is that on some word in which a
sub-sentence or dependent sentence depends.
Ex: In the above sentences (242), kalmasham ákunnatu (=evil
is that which accrues); 'áruméyilla (=there was none); ńán
póyíṭuvan (= I will go); pizha varum (=a fault will be com-
mitted); polláta phalam varum (=evil fruit will come) etc. are
principal sentences to the sub-setences depending on certain word
in them.
250. What are sub-adjuncts?
Sub-adjuncts are exactly the same as adjuncts except
in their use, which is to qualify an adjunct or some
word in an adjunct of more than one word.
Ex: kántane anwéshichchum kántárangngaḷilellám (=she
sought her husband through all the forests); in this 'ellám'
(=all) is a sub-adjunct. Vanántare pukkanéram perinpánpu
vannaṭuttu (=at the time when she enterd the forest a great
serpent approached her); in this 'vanántare' (= in the forest)
and 'pukka' (=when she entered) are sub-adjuncts.
251. How are several adjuncts or sub-adjuncts joined?
They are joined like subjects and predicates by the parti-
cle 'um' and in the various other ways mentioned in answer 233.
