The language is classified as a subject verb object language; however, as in most Romance languages, constituent order is highly variable and governed mainly by topicalization and verb-framed " language, meaning that the " direction " of motion is expressed in the verb while the " mode " of locomotion is expressed adverbially ( e . g . " subir corriendo " or " salir volando "; the respective English equivalents of these examples'to run up'and'to fly out' show that English is, by contrast, " satellite-framed ", with mode of locomotion expressed in the verb and direction in an adverbial modifier ).
