Subject-Verb Inversion in Norwegian
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Subject-Verb Inversion
The subject can occur behind the first verb in a main clause in the following cases:
(1) Main clause yes-no-question:
HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error
Type Exception Report
Message Servlet execution threw an exception
Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
Exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Root Cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class tc2.core.util.HibernateUtiltc2.web.servlets.ExportServlet.doPost(ExportServlet.java:56) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:660) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.
Apache Tomcat/9.0.10
(2) Main clause constituent question:
HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error
Type Exception Report
Message Servlet execution threw an exception
Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
Exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Root Cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class tc2.core.util.HibernateUtiltc2.web.servlets.ExportServlet.doPost(ExportServlet.java:56) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:660) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.
Apache Tomcat/9.0.10
(3) Fronted adverbial in declarative main clause:
HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error
Type Exception Report
Message Servlet execution threw an exception
Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
Exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Root Cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class tc2.core.util.HibernateUtiltc2.web.servlets.ExportServlet.doPost(ExportServlet.java:56) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:660) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.
Apache Tomcat/9.0.10
(4) Topicalized noun phrase in declarative main clause:
HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error
Type Exception Report
Message Servlet execution threw an exception
Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
Exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Root Cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class tc2.core.util.HibernateUtiltc2.web.servlets.ExportServlet.doPost(ExportServlet.java:56) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:660) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.
Apache Tomcat/9.0.10
In all cases the subject is moved behind the finite verb; this is generally referred to as Subject-Verb Inversion. In (1) this is all that happens, while in the other cases, an element is 'fronted', so to say taking over the original place of the subject.