ti damag / ti bilin + ket + Clause

Begin with ti damag, “the news/information,” or ti bilin, “the instruction/request.” Add a possessor when needed, then present the content after ket. Constantino describes this nominal complex frame as infrequent and its abstract noun as usually possessed, rather than obligatorily possessed.

A short possessor attaches to the noun: damagko. A named possessor follows with its marker: bilin ni Tomas. The possessor identifies whose information or instruction is presented; it does not automatically identify the content clause’s actor. In the first example, the speaker reports information heard, while Elena goes home.

The content keeps its own participant marking and aspect. In the instruction example, basaenyo selects the book as patient and identifies plural or respectful addressees as actors. The supplied reference explicitly licenses clausal content in the general frame, but its particular bilin example has demonstrative content. The composed instruction clause applies that general rule rather than reproducing a directly attested sentence.