SAYING_AS_VERBIAGE

( )	( )	(Hab)	(ía)	(dich)	(o)	(la)	(verdad)
		--
ELLIPSISZERO	ELLIPSISZERO	--	IA-ENDING	DECIR	O-ENDING	DEFINITE-ARTICLE	VERDAD

(He) had told the truth.

(EXAMPLE
     :NAME                   SAYING_AS_VERBIAGE
     :GENERATEDFORM          "Había dicho la verdad."
     :GLOSS                  ( :ENGLISH "(He) had told the truth.")
     :TARGETFORM             "Había dicho la verdad."
     :LOGICALFORM
     (TELL / VERBAL-PROCESS
          :SAYER
          (HE / MALE
               :SUBSTITUTION ELLIPSIS )

          :SAYING
          (TRUTH / THING
               :LEX VERDAD
               :DETERMINER DEFINITE-ES )

          :LEX DECIR
          :TENSE PAST-IN-PAST )
     :SET-NAME               VERBAL
     )

Structure:

Function Structure: 
  [SENTENCE]
     [SUBJECT#1/SAYER#1]
         [DEICTIC#2].. = "  "
         [THING#2].. = "  "
     [FINITE#1/TEMPO1#1]
         [STEM#8]
             [HEAD#9].. = "Hab"
         [ENDING#8].. = "ía"
     [PROCESS#1/TEMPO1DEPENDENT#1]
         [STEM#7/ENDING#7].. = "dich"
         [PARTICIPLE-ENDING#7].. = "o"
     [DIRECTCOMPLEMENT#1/VERBIAGE#1/SAYING#1]
         [DEICTIC#3]
             [STEM#6].. = "la"
         [THING#3]
             [STEM#4]
                 [HEAD#5].. = "verdad"
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