Cq: Dependent and independent content questions are structurally identical.
He/she guest-3sg ask-pst-obj.3sg how_many hour time-loc there-come-pst.3sg
‘He/she asked the guest when he had arrived.’ (S. D.)
how_many hour time-loc there-come-pst.3sg
‘When did he arrive?’ (S. D.)
In Northern Mansi, dependent content questions (1) have the same structure as independent content questions and affirmatives (cf. (2)).