Schematic representation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ergative%E2%80%93absolutive_alignment" class="extiw" title="w:ergative–absolutive alignment">ergative–absolutive alignment</a>. Subject of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intransitive_verb" class="extiw" title="w:intransitive verb">intransitive verb</a> (S) and object of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/transitive_verb" class="extiw" title="w:transitive verb">transitive verb</a> (O) are treated similarly while subject of transitive verb (A) is treated differently.
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