Causative constructions in Copala Triqui

The causative construction shows an unusual word order in Copala Triqui.  The normal order for these constructions is

[caused event]  'yaj SUBJ

Although the normal word order for Triqui is VSO, I do not think that causative constructions are ever in VSO order in natural text.  (The caused event clause, however, is in normal VSO order.)

The following passage shows a characteristic example.  (Note also that the aspect of the cause verb 'yaj typically matches the aspect of the verb(s) in the caused event.

Another similar example:

Far less common is the reversed pattern:

SUBJ 'yaj [caused event]

The examples I have seem to involve a causer subject that is fronted for some other reason, such as negation, or missing, due to relativization:

Another open question is the type of constituent the caused event may be.  In the examples above, it seems like a simple VSO clause.   But it is also possible for the caused event to contain some fronted material:

Here the caused event is [there:is:no illness [hit me]], where the noun chi'ii 'illness' has undergone the typical fronting to preverbal positions found with negative constituents.  (Maybe that is some sort of Focus Phrase?)