ProtoFubarnii Gerundive Particle
I'm currently planning to have PF be verb-initial, because it simplifies matters enormously to not have completely free word order! The arguments of a verb (subject, object, etc) can currently come in any order.
Need to decide on verb and noun classes. For example, the class of a verb defines its arguments and theta-roles (causatives, perception, etc).
Want a variety of historical, non-productive rules for morphological derivations (like sing-sang-sung, or the plural "-en" form used for "oxen" and "children").
Word order can carry topic/focus information (old information/new information) even when it doesn't convey theta information.
Some adjectives/nouns/prepositions have two arguments to assign theta-roles to.
Define an ontology of theta-roles, to help specify verb classes (agent, experiencer, cause, instrument, etc)
High-level verb classes should include active, eventive and stative (almost certainly).
Verbs of speech and thought typically have to be made a Complementiser phrase - "he said that he fell". See ProtoFubarnii Verbs
Languages with a rich agreement morphology facilitate relatively free word order without leading to increased ambiguity. Thus ProtoFubarnii should have LOTS of agreement, with Modern Fubarnii possibly having less. - Given up on this, it was making there be entirely too much crud attached to each verb. Making it verb-first wordorder is simpler.
ProtoFubarnii Enarii Translation
Different versions of the Babel Text and an attempt to translate them into PF.
ProtoFubarnii Quote Translation