21. The coreferent of the N in the matrix clause is never overt within the relative clause . 22. The relative clause itself is also composed differently. 23. Relative clauses follow the head N and are introduced by the invariant relative clause marker sapu. 24. One such diagnostic is the relative clause test. 25. This is a kind of relative clause . 26. Sometimes, gender-number suffixes are put on an inflected verb form to convert it to a relative clause . 27. The noun in the main clause that the relative clause modifies is called the " antecedent ". 28. A "'free relative clause "', on the other hand, does not have an explicit antecedent external to itself. 29. The ambiguity of the German NNV relative clause structure becomes obvious in cases where the assignment of case. 30. An alternative relativizing strategy is the use of the non-declinable word " ato "'that'to introduce a relative clause .
