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head NP ureueng and nvan modifies the entire unit consisting
of the head NP and the relative clause.
5. a) [[ureuengJuptnyanJDE-IJJP
person that
'that person'
b) [[ [ureueng] jjptnyang koh kayee] DET^NP [nyan] DETJNP
person who cut tree that
'the person who cut the tree'
In a written sentence, a demonstrative following a
relative clause that ends with an object, as in (4), is
always ambiguous. It can either be interpreted as the
modifier of the entire unit consisting of the head NP and
the relative clause (Tureueng nyang koh kayee1 nvan 'the
person who cut the wood'), as in (4), or as the modifier of
the object NP of the relative clause (ureueng nvang koh
Tkavee nvanl ' the person who cut that wood') derived from a
sentence in which the object is modified by a demonstrative,
such as (6) below. If ureueng nvan in this sentence is
relativized, the resultant sentence usually ends with one
nyan, the same as in (4). It is quite possible to use both
demonstratives if both are important.
6. Ureueng nyan geu-koh kayee nyan.
Person that 3r-cut tree that
'That person cut that tree.'