Tyl-Sjok allows the usage of the same root without modification for the following meanings (exemplified with the root `to build'). The second column shows how Tyl-Sjok clarifies the meaning of it is in question.
| action | REF build | to build; the process of building | |
| agent | NULL build | builder | |
| patient | build NULL | building |
Tyl-Sjok allows for clarification by the particles which are usually left out.