ElopementL'enlèvement d'une femme mariéeA man eloped with a married woman.oneERGadulterydo.S23SG.OEVIDWhen he eloped —adulterydo.S23SG.OCJTOPhow he eloped is, first the two of them paddy-danced.how.ADJkindadulterydo.S23SG.OCOMPfirstpaddy.PVdance.S2PA.DUThey paddy-danced and they were together.paddy.PVdance.S2PA.DUCJ3NSGbe.S2PA.DUThey paddy-danced, andpaddy.PV3PLdance.S2PAthenTOPthey got along —3NSGown3NSGmindagree.S2PACJTOPthatPLthey got on, and he took her away.mind3PLagree.S2PACJmindagree.S2PACJ3SGadulterydo.S23SG.Otake.S23SG.OThey went and stayed at his house — they stayed at his house.do.S23SG.Otake.S23SG.OCJTOPgo.S2DUCJ3NSGhouseLOCstay.S2PA.DUSUB3NSGhouseLOCstay.S2PA.DUThen the first husband looked for his wife.thenagainelderDEF.ERGTOP3SGwifelook.for.S23SG.O"Where did she go?" — he looked for her, they were all together — who all — his aunts, his nephews, etc.thuswherego.S2TOPCOMPlook.for.S23SG.OSUBEMPHthatPLthatPLthatPLABL3SGauntSOC3SGnephewSOC3NSGREDUPtogether3PLbe.S2PAHis maternal uncles were there, when they asked them,3SGmat.uncle3PLbe.S2PACOMPTOPPV3PLask.S23.O.NSGSUBTOP"Those two — so-and-so took her away! So and so eloped with her and took her away!"3NSGthusthatERGtake.S23SG.OEXCLso.and.soadulterydo.S23SG.Otake.S23SG.O"Oh! He took her!"EXCLtake.S23SG.OCOMPThat was the situation.become.S2PAbecome.S2PASUBTOPThey went on investigating,trace.PV3PLtrace.S23SG.OPROG3PLAUX.S23SG.Otrace.PV3PLtrace.S23SG.OPROG3PLAUX.S23SG.OSUBTOPand they found out.then3PLsee.S23SG.OWhen they found out that she had been taken away,there3PLtake.S23SG.OCOMP3PLsee.S23SG.OCJTOP"Well, if he took her we have to look for her.3PLsee.S23SG.OCJTOPagainINTERJtake.S23SG.Oifnow3SGlook.for.S1INFWhere did they go? Where did they take her? Did they take her down? Did they take her up?" they said,wherego.S2DUCJ3PLtake.S23SG.OQwherego.S2DUCJbelow3PLtake.S23SG.OQabove3PLtake.S23SG.OQCOMPTOPand they went on looking, and3PLlook.for.S23SG.OPROG3PLAUX.S23SG.OSUBTOPit turned out they had taken her across over there. They had taken heracross3PLtake.S23SG.OEVIDacross3PLtake.S23SG.OCJthereand hidden her in a house over there.houseacross3PLhide.S23SG.OCJstay.S2PAThey had hidden her, but there there was one — there was a scout.3PLhide.S23SG.OCJstay.S2PASUBTOPthereoneTOPtrace.PVACTtrace.S1NOMonebe.S2PAThat scout had tracked them down.thattrace.PVACTtrace.S1NOMDEF.ERGTOPtrace.PVtrace.S23SG.OEVIDHe tracked them down, and when he had found out where they were, [the others said,] "Well,thustrace.PVtrace.S23SG.OCJTOPsee.S23SG.OCJTOPdown.therestay.S1COMP3SGsee.S23SG.OSUBTOPINTERJif we go by day, they'll see us.by.daygo.S1INFSUBTOP3NSG→1INsee.S1So now we must go by night.nowby.nightEMPHgo.S1INFmust.S1thatTOPWe must go by night and catch them," they decided in council.by.nightgo.S1INFcatch.S1INFmust.S1COMP3NSGcounsel3PLmake.S2PA"Who should we send there at night to catch him?counsel3PLmake.S2PACJTOPnowcatch.S1INFby.nightthenby.nightwhosend.S1INFthereDo we have anyone there?" — "My aunt lives there," said the boy (?i.e. the husband).manwho1PL.INmanstay.S1COMP1SGauntonestay.S1say.S2PAagainboyDEF.ERG"Well, if your aunt lives there, you go secretly to your aunt and tell her.INTERJ2SGauntstay.S1if2SGauntsilentlygo.S2IMPCJ2SGtell.S2IMPIf you go to your aunt, she'll tell you —2SGauntgo.S2IMPCJtell.S2IMPCJTOP2SGauntERG2tell.S1EXCLwhere they are sleeping — if they are sleeping upstairs or downstairs, or wherever they are sleeping.where3PLsleep.S1Qstoreyon3PLsleep.S1Qgroundstorey3PLsleep.S1QwhatLOC3PLsleep.S1QOnce you've traced out the place where they are sleeping, you tell us,"where3PLsleep.S1NOMplaceLOC2SGtrace.PVtrace.S2IMPCJagain1PL.EX1tell.S2IMPthey said, and they sent him off, the boy. The boy wentCOMPTOPthat3SG3PLsend.S23SG.O3PLdispatch.S23SG.OboyboyDEFgo.S2CJTOPboyDEFgo.S2and asked his aunt,3SGauntPVask.S23SG.OSUBTOPhe asked her and she said "Over there!3SGauntPVask.S23SG.OSUBTOPacross3SGauntERGsay.S23SG.OThey're sleeping on the upper storey, the adulterers," said his aunt.abovestoreyLOC3PLsleep.S2PACJlie.S1adulteryACTdo.S1NOMmanDEFTOPCOMPTOPsay.S23SG.O3SGauntERGThen he came back and told his friends, his brothers, his father's people, his paternal uncles — he told them all.then3SGcome.S2PACJover.there3SGfriendPL3SGfatherPL3SGe.brotherPL3SGy.brotherPL3SGjun.pat.unclePLalltell.S23.O.NSG"OK! In that case, let's go!thenTOPINTERJthengo.S21PL.HORTINTERJnow"Now we'll go and just when we arrive down below — we'll go in a way that we won't be seen andnowgo.S1INFCJexactlybelowarrive.S1INFtimeSUB3SG1IN.NEGsee.S1NEGNOMmannerINSTgo.S21PL.EXCJTOPyou — you only — go to your aunt's house and hide.where1IN.NEGsee.S1NEGNOMmannerINSTgo.S21PL.EXCJTOP2SG2SGauntGEN3SGhouseLOC2SGonlythengo.S2IMPCJ2SGhide.S12SG.REFL.IMPThen later, when it gets dark, let's catch him and tie him up."thenlaterblackbe.S1go.S1SUBtimecatch.S212PL→3SG.HORTCJthatcatch.S212PL→3SG.HORTCJtie.S212PL→3SG.HORTCOMPTOPThey met and that is what they decided.3NSGcounselthere3NSG3PLdo.S2PAThey held a council and went off,3PLdo.S2PACJthuscounsel3PLdo.S2PACJTOPacross3PLgo.S2whenand they arrived at the couple's house at sunset.sunfall.S2PAtimePROG3PLarrive.S2PA3NSGhouseLOCTOPThey arrived at sunset,sunfall.S2PAtimePROG3PLarrive.S2PACJEMPHand they stayed in someone's house.thenTOP3NSGTOPTOPover.hereotherhouseoneLOC3PLstay.S2PAWhen people asked them, "Where are you all going?" — "We're heading down there,"whereACTgo.S1NOM2PL.COPTOP3PLsay.S23.O.NSGSUB1PL.EXTOPbelowACTgo.S1NOM1PL.EX.COPEMPHthey lied to them.3PLsay.S23.O.NSGCJspeech.PV3PLlie.S23.O.NSGThe boy was hiding in his aunt's house.thenTOP3SG3SGauntGEN3SGhouseLOChide.S123.REFLCJstay.S2PA[[He hid and later his aunt told him all, where they (the couple) were sleeping —thenhide.S123.REFLCJEMPHlater3SGTOP3SGauntERGallsay.S23SG.Oin.herein.here3PLsleep.S2PACJlie.S1allshe had already told him before — she told him again.]]beforeCJsay.S23SG.OCJEXCLagainlaterCJsay.S23SG.OCJTOPThey got together and they went by night and caught the man.again3PLagree.S123.REFLCJTOPagainthatmanDEFby.night3PLgo.S2CJ3PLcatch.S23SG.OFour or five of them got together and held him.3PLcatch.S23SG.OSUBfourfive3PLassemble.S123.REFLCJ3PLcatch.S23SG.O3PLcatch.S23SG.OCJTOPThey tied him up. When they tied him up — when they had him tied up —string.PV3PLtie.S23SG.Ostring.PV3PLtie.S23SG.OSUBTOPtherestring.PV3PLtie.S23SG.OCJTOPstring.PV3PLtie.S23SG.O3PLlay.down.S23SG.OSUBTOPthe situation [in the eyes of the neighbors] was that some people had come down from somewhere for some reason and had done all these things and had tied a man up —againREDUPwhoERGwhatbecome.S2PAwherewhereCJ3PLcome.S2PACJwhatwhat3PLdo.S23SG.Omanstring.PV3PLtie.S23SG.OCJlie.S1become.S2PASUBTOP"Hey, why did you tie that man up?"INTERJwhystring.PV3PLtie.S23SG.OCOMPthatDEFCOMPEMPH"He brought someone else's wife here!"otherwifeherebring.S23SG.O3SGThey had come to catch him and they had him tied up.then3SGcatch.S1PURP3PLcome.S2PACJstring.PV3PLtie.S23SG.OCJlie.S1COMPThen his village headman heard,again3SG3SGheadmanDEF.ERGhear.S23SG.Oand the headman arrived.then3SGheadmanDEFCJcome.S2PAThe headman arrivedthen3SGheadmanDEFcome.S2PAthe brothers (of the husband) all came in a group.thenTOP3SGe.brother3SGy.brotherall3PLgather.S2PA3PLcome.S2PA"Why have you all gotten together and come here?"thenwhatbecome.S2PASUBEMPHthusall2gather.S22PL2come.S22PLCOMPEMPH"This man stole my wife and brought her here. He stole her and brought her here.thus1SG1SGwifethisERGsteal.S23SG.OCJbring.S23SG.Osteal.S23SG.Obring.S23SG.OthenI came looking for her and he's got her. So we caught him and we've got him tied up.1SGthatGEN3SGlook.for.S1PURPcome.S21SG.SO.PASUBherethisERGhave.S23SG.OEVIDthen1PL.EXcatch.S21PL.EX→3SGCJtie.S21PL.EX→3SGCJlie.S1Now, headman, are you going to make a deal?nowheadmanDEF.ERG2settle.S23SG.ONOMQOr do we take him away?"1PL.EXthis.onenowthis.onecatch.S21PL.EX→3SGCJtake.S21PL.EX→3SGNOMQCOMPEMPH"I'll settle it.1SGsettle.S21SG→3SGBut it won't just be whatever amount you say.2PLas.much2PL2say.S212PL→3SGNOMDEF.GENaccording.toCOMPNEGbe.good.S1NEGOnly what he can afford.thisERGbe.able.S23SG.ONOMup.toDEFonlybe.good.S1I'll only fix you up with as much as he can afford.bear.S23SG.ONOMup.toDEFonly1SGsettle.S21SG→3SGgive.S11SG→2PLHe doesn't have much land.butthisERGwhatlandCJmuchNEGlie.S1NEGHe doesn't have much forest or anything.treeCJmuchNEGhave.S23SG.O.NEGstoneCJmuchNEGhave.S23SG.O.NEGthenNow how much can his land bear?now3SGlandDEF.INSThow.muchextentbear.S23SG.OI'll fix you up with what his land can bear and no more."3SGlandDEF.INST3SGREDUPbear.S1only1SGsettle.S21SG→3SGgive.S11SG→2PLWhen the headman said this, they said "Well,say.S23.O.NSGCJ3SGheadmanDEF.ERGsay.S23.O.NSGSUBTOPINTERJin that case today we'll have to stay over."thustoday1PL.EXstay.over.S21PL.EXNOMbecome.S2PA"Stay over!" said the headman.stay.over.S22PL.IMPsay.S23.O.NSG3SGheadmanDEF.ERGagainAnd they stayed.then3PLstay.over.S2PAThen they stayed and the headman fixed things up for them.then3PLstay.S2PACJTOPthen3SGheadmanDEF.ERGsettle.S23SG.Ogive.S23.O.NSGThey looked for a solution for two or three days.settle.S23SG.Ogive.S23.O.NSGwhenagaintwo.daysthree.daysmethod3PLlook.for.S23SG.OThey tried to find money.thenTOPACTbe.cold.S1NOMDEF3PLlook.for.S23SG.O3PLlook.for.S23SG.O3PLlook.for.S23SG.OAfter two or three days they got some.two.daysthree.daysINST3PLget.S23SG.OCJ3NSG"OK! Altogether it's sixty rupees you get, right?INTERJallERG2PLsixtyrupeeonly2get.S212PL→3SGNOMnotQNo less and no more." — that was the arrangement.thatthanbelowthatthanabovenotCOMPbecome.S2PASUBEMPHnowsixtyrupeethen"If you're looking for sixty rupees cash, we don't have sixty rupees now.sixtyrupeeEMPH2look.for.S212PL→3SGifnowsixtyrupeenownot.be.S1We'll give you thirty rupees,umthirtywhatgive.S11PL.EX→2and then thirty rupees worth of something —thenthirty2PLwhatGENCJTOP2SGyou'll have to take cows, you'll have to take buffaloes."2PLcow2take.S212PL→3SGPROGmust.S1buffalo2take.S212PL→3SGPROGmust.S1So they made a price for cows.COMPTOPcowDEF.GEN3SGpriceCJ3PLmake.S23SG.OThey agreed on fifteen rupees as the price of a cow and forty the price of a buffalo.cowDEF.GEN3SGprice15buffaloDEF.GEN3SGpriceforty3PLmake.S23SG.OCJTOP3PLsettle.S23SG.OThey added it all up reached an agreement.all3PLadd.S23SG.OCJ3PLsettle.S23SG.OCJ3PLstay.S2PAWhen they had agreed, they wrote it down. "OK! Do you agree to sixty rupees."3PLsettle.S23SG.OSUBEMPHthusCJ3PLwrite.S23SG.OINTERJsixtyrupeeLOC2SG2agree.S2PAQCOMP"I accept," said the boy.agree.S21SG.SO.PAsay.S2PAboyDEF.ERGTOPWhen they'd agreed on sixty rupees they wrote it down and wrote out the receipt.agree.S2PACJTOPsixtyrupeeLOC3PLwrite.S23SG.OCJpaper3PLwrite.S23SG.OCJ3NSGallERG3PLsettle.S23SG.OCJreceipt3PLwrite.S23SG.OThey wrote it out for him.3PLwrite.S23SG.OCJ3PLgive.S23SG.OThen the headman and his assistants all got together. All the parties gathered.3PLgive.S23SG.OthenthereTOP3SGheadmanPLERGallofficialall3PLassemble.S123.REFLCJ3PLstay.S2PAownbrothers3SGe.brother3SGy.brother3PLstay.S2PANOMLOC"Well, now if it's agreed, there's not much left to do.INTERJnow2agree.S2PAif2PLmuchis.notnowYou, the wife-stealer, you have to pay half [of the arbitration fee].ACTsteal.S1NOMDEF.ERG2SGhalf2take.out.S23SG.OPROGmust.S1And you, whose wife took off, you have to pay half," they said, fifty-fifty.um3SGwifeACTgo.S1NOMDEF.ERGCJhalf2take.out.S23SG.OPROGmust.S13SGwife3PLsay.S23SG.OCJTOPhalfhalf"You owe five rupees each, and along with the five rupees each,thenrupeeREDUPfive2DU2fall.S1DUrupeeREDUPfiveSOCyou owe one pot of whiskey each," they told them.2DUINTERJbeerpotonebeerpotoneone2fall.S1DU3PLsay.S23.O.NSGCJTOPThey caught the two of them, and they put down five rupees and one pot of whiskey each.3PLsay.S23.O.NSG3PLcatch.S23.O.NSGSUBbothCLFERGbeerpotoneoneSOCrupeeREDUPfivelay.down.S23.O.NSGThey put down what they owed and settled the matter.lay.down.S23.O.NSGCJ3PLsettle.S23SG.OThey sat together, and then the next day in the morning they separated and all went off.thatPL3PLstay.S2PACJTOP3SGtom'wLOCTOPmorningADV3NSG3PLseparate.S2PACJTOPall3PLgo.S2That's it. That's all, sir, for now.INTERJthat.muchthat.muchINTENSsirnow