Circumstance-head

Definition

Usually within the body of a message; acts as a very local setting.

English examples

• Whenever I pray, I thank God for you.

Kovol examples

• Wogonongg ilam. Ilib Megilat woheb
  "With them I went up. Having gone up, and saw them at Megilat"
  
• Eng wog nom yam. Yab mamagum hute ham.
  "I went down the side trail. Having gone down and saw a (natural) bird bath."
  
• Tobot. Taba, eng om obobi...
  "He came. Having come, I got (it) here..."

Kovol description

A final verb is recapitulation in the very next clause with a medial version of the same verb.

Circumstance head relationships are used on the theme line of narratives. It provides cohesion with back references to previous events.

Degree of confidence

High

This is a common pattern and is used often with Sequential. It is the norm within a chunk to see circumstance-head relationships indicating a continuation of the same theme/topic.