syntax

Question 1

pronoun placement difference Old Spanish from modern spanish

Answer 1

old rules were more determined bysyntaxthan by morphology:the pronoun followed the verb, except when the verb was preceded (in the same clause) by a stressed word, such as a noun, adverb, or stressed pronoun.
For example, fromCantar de Mio Cid:
• e tornóspora su casa, ascóndensede mio Cid

Question 2

daregelo he(modern:se lo daré) = “I’ll give it to him”

^^ explain how we know this

Answer 2

If the first stressed word of a clause was in the future or condtional tense, or if it was a compound verb made up ofhaber+ a participle, then any unstressed pronoun was placed between the two elements of the compound verb.

Question 3

‘dado gelo ha’ - put into modern spanish

Answer 3

(modern:se lo ha dado) = “He has given it.

Question 4

parataxis

Answer 4

a literary technique, in writing or speaking, that favors short, simple sentences, with the use of coordinating rather than subordinating conjunctions. It contrasts with syntaxis and hypotaxis.