3 , ▁neg ativity . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁three ▁deriv ational ▁modes , ▁a ▁repet itive , ▁a ▁custom ary , ▁and ▁a ▁progress ive . ▁The ▁inf init ive ▁takes ▁approximately ▁the ▁same ▁form ▁as ▁the ▁imper ative , ▁with ▁some ▁variation . ▁ ▁Syntax ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁E y ak ▁cor pus ▁is ▁narr ative , ▁with ▁very ▁little ▁sp ont aneous ▁conversation ▁( and ▁that ▁only ▁when ▁embedded ▁in ▁the ▁narr atives ). ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁better ▁understanding ▁therefore ▁of ▁the ▁syntax ▁of ▁E y ak ▁narr ative ▁style ▁and ▁performance ▁than ▁of ▁natural ▁speech . ▁The ▁basic ▁word ▁order ▁of ▁E y ak ▁is ▁subject - object - verb , ▁or ▁SO V , ▁as ▁in ▁" John ny ▁’ uy A qa ’ ts ’ ▁s AL x ut ’ L " ▁" John ny ▁shot ▁his ▁( own ) ▁hand ." ▁Rel atively ▁few ▁sentences , ▁however , ▁follow ▁this ▁exact ▁pattern ; ▁it ▁is ▁far ▁more ▁common ▁to ▁find ▁SV ▁or ▁O V . ▁The ▁full ▁word ▁order ▁of ▁a ▁trans itive ▁sentence ▁is ▁I ▁S ▁O ▁[[ C ▁P ] ▁V ]: ▁I , ▁intro duct ory ▁sector : ▁consists ▁of ▁two ▁parts , ▁a ▁connect ive ▁( e . g . ▁' and ▁so ,' ▁' then ,' ▁etc .) ▁and ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁ad ver bs , ▁especially ▁temporal ▁and ▁spatial ▁ad ver bs . ▁ ▁S , ▁subject ▁O , ▁object ▁V , ▁verb ▁sector : ▁includes ▁two ▁sub sect