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== Clearer clause boundaries ==
== Clearer clause boundaries ==
Verbs may not be underfilled; they always require as many arguments as their definition calls for.
Verbs may not be underfilled; they always require as many arguments as their definition calls for.
{{Example|Shao tú poq, lä sho zaomıa já.|Everybody wants to become famous.}}{{Example|Shao tú poq.|Everybody wants. (Everybody wants what?)}}
{{Example|Shao tú poq, lä sho zaomıa já.|Everybody wants to become famous.}}{{Example|\*Shao tú poq.|Everybody wants. (Everybody wants what?)}}
Consequently, nouns and adjectives must be intransitive, because Toaq's syntax gives them a single covert argument.
Consequently, nouns and adjectives must be intransitive, because Toaq's syntax gives them a single covert argument.
{{Example|Ké jea|The buyer (buyer of what?)}}{{Example|Ké jea lô chao|The buyer of the vehicle}}{{Example|Tú poq buı|Everybody outside (outside what?)}}{{Example|Tú poq nı̣buı|Everybody outside this place}}
{{Example|\*Ké jea|The buyer (buyer of what?)}}{{Example|Ké jea lô chao|The buyer of the vehicle}}{{Example|\*Tú poq buı|Everybody outside (outside what?)}}{{Example|Tú poq nı̣buı|Everybody outside this place}}


Determiner complements and adjectives also must not end with a verb that forms serials.
Determiner complements and adjectives also must not end with a verb that forms serials.
{{Example|Ké kuqnu|The alleged (not: "the allegation")}}{{Example|Ké kuqnu juna|The alleged fact}}
{{Example|\*Ké kuqnu|The alleged (not: "the allegation")}}{{Example|Ké kuqnu juna|The alleged fact}}
When determiners bind variables, the variable name is the full serial verb of the determiner's complement, excluding any adjectives. So {{T|sá kuqnu toaqpoq lıq}} would bind the variable {{T|kúqnu toaqpoq}}.
When determiners bind variables, the variable name is the full serial verb of the determiner's complement, excluding any adjectives. So {{T|sá kuqnu toaqpoq lıq}} would bind the variable {{T|kúqnu toaqpoq}}.