Omkring

Omkring jenta var det bare tett skog.

“Around the girl was only thick forest.”

Omkring

omkring

around

PREP

jenta

jenta

girl

Ncomm

var

var

bePAST

V

det

det

that

N

bare

bare

just

ADVm

tett

tett

thick

ADJ

skog

skog

forest

Ncomm

In the phrase above the located object is "jenta" and the reference object is "tett skog". Although also here the girl is in the forest (since there is thick forest around the girl), it is not the concept of Interiority that is realized by this preposition.

Fugl omkring Longyearbyen

“Birds around Longyearbyen”

Fugl

fugl

birdsPL

NNEUT

omkring

omkring

around

PREP

Longyearbyen

longyearbyen

landmark

Np

Folk rundt omkring i verden

“People all around in the world”

Folk

folk

people

N

rundt

rundt

around

ADVm

omkring

omkring

aroundCIRCM

PREP

i

i

inCONT

PREP

verden

verden

world

Ncomm

Alle i ring omkring deg vi står...

“We all stand in a circle around you...”

Alle

alle

all

PN

i

i

inCONT

PREP

ring

ring

circle

Ncomm

omkring

omkring

aroundCIRCM

PREP

deg

deg

2SG

PN

vi

vi

3PL

PN

står
stå	r
stand	PRES
V

sitte omkring et bord

“sit around a table”

sitte

sitte

sit

V

omkring

omkring

aroundCIRCM

PREP

et

et

aINDEFNEUT

DET

bord

bord

table

NNEUT

Es wurde viel getanzt.

“There was a lot of dancing ”

Es

Es

EXPLET

PN

wurde
wurd	e
PASSPAST	3SG
AUX

viel

viel

much

ADVm

getanzt
ge	tanz	t
PTCP	dance	PTCP
V

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