(Komi-Permyak)

PCV & VPC

PCV: The purpose complement generally precedes the main event.

VPC: The purpose complement generally follows the main event.

(1)mišamun-i-skar-ö,(medby)pantaś-ny
MishagoPST3SGtownILLso_as_tomeetINF
von-ys-köt.
brother3SGCOM
’Misha went to town to meet his brother.’ (L. P.)

(2)medbyńekoľććy-nytövkež-as
soastoNEGremainINFwinteratILL.3SG
vareńńo-tög,vitaľko-ösbab-yssajmöt-i-sšondi
jamABEVitalykoACCgrandma3SGwake_upPST3SGsun
pet-andoryn.
go_outNMZLat
’So that they do not remain without jam for the winter, his grandma woke Vitalyko up at sunrise. (Lobanova 2018: 67)

(3)von-ys-kötpantaś-ömponda /mogiśmiša
brother3SGCOMmeetPTCP.PSTforwith_aimMisha
mun-i-skar-ö.
goPST3SGtownILL
’Misha went to town with the aim of meeting his brother.’ (L. P.)

(4)mišamun-i-skar-övon-ys-köt
MishagoPST3SGtownILLbrother3SGCOM
pantaś-ömponda.
meetPTCP.PSTfor
’Misha went to town with the aim of meeting his brother.’ (V. E.)

Komi-Permyak uses a number of different strategies in its purposive constructions. The most common way is using an infinitive, in which case the purpose complement usually follows (1), but it can also precede (2) the main event. In other types of non-finite subordination (3) the purpose complement typically precedes the main event, but it can follow it as well (4) (L. P., V. E., Lobanova 2018).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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