Perception verb complements in Akatek, a Mayan language

3. PVCS OF TYPE2 187
3.4.1. katu' `and then'. In case both clauses that are coordinated
with the conjunction katu' `and then' lack aspect marking, the second
clause takes the form of a type2 complement. Per default, an
interpretation of past tense is applied if there is no aspect marking as
illustrated in example (141). A contrastive example with katu' conjoining
two clauses with imperfective aspect, i.e. two indepenent clauses,
is provided in (142).
(141) ey-; jun icham yaab'il ;-ok y-iin ix katu' s-kam
EX-B3 a
ix
she
old sickness B3-enter A3-in she CONJ A3-die
`She came down with a terrible sickness and she died.'
Franco (1993)
(142) ma chi-ku-b'et sey-o lujum b'aab'el on katu'
DISJ IMPF-B1p-go seek-TNF worm rst CL1p CONJ
chi-ku-b'et mitx'-o chaaw tu' on
IMPF-B1p-go grab-TNF crab DEM CL1p
`Or we went looking for worms
catch crabs.' Franco (1993)
rst and then we went to
3.4.2. Aspectual verbs. Aspectual verbs like lalan (PROG), xew
` nish', laa `end' and chaak `begin' can embed type 2. While lalan
behaves like a nonverbal predicate, xew is an intransitive verb, and laa
and chaak are transitive verbs.
The progressive auxiliary lalan embeds type2 complements. Lalan
indicates that the process expressed in the complement is continuing
in the present or the immediate past (Zavala, 1992b).
(143) lalan-; s-too naj
PROG-B3 A3-go he
`He is going now.'
Transitive type2 complements embedded by lalan are ungrammatical
without the su x -on as evidenced by comparison of example
(144-a) with example (144-b).