The presuppositional order sa-Adj-Neg can also be found in case it is followed by a constituent which provides a fixed point for the degree denoted by the adjective. This constituent may semantically be related to an entity. It may have the form of a comparative constituent, as in the examples below:

Each sentence expresses that the degree ascribed to the subject falls below the degree described by the comparative constituent. In addition, there is a presupposition that the implied degree ascribed to the subject is significantly lower than the one ascribed to the comparative constituent. In addition, the constituent providing a fixed degree may semantically be related to a proposition. This proposition may have the form of a clause, as in the following examples:

Each sentence expresses that the degree ascribed to the subject falls below the degree described or implicated by the comparative constituent. The sentence in (4a) expresses that the actual degree of foolishness of the subject is rather less than the hypothetical degree of foolishness that the subject would have had if he had become worked up. The comparative constituent is realised as an embedded tensed clause in (4a). It is realised as an infinitival clause in (4b). It is realised as a balance clause in (4c): a main clause introduced by the disjunct of or. The example in (4d) features a comparative clause realised as an Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo, that is, an infinitival clause featuring a verb form that is homophonous to the imperative and that occurs in the first position of the clause. The adverb sa so appears to be specified by the following clause, hence it can be viewed as an anticipatory pronoun.

The presuppositional order cannot be used for deictic reference. This order is ungrammatical in a pointing context: in case somebody indicates with the fingers how small something is, this cannot be rendered by sa:

The neutral order must be used. Furthermore, the presuppositional order presupposes that the degree of the adjective is substantial. As a result, the following sentence is weird:

In addition, the presuppositional order does not allow the comparative phrase to be found to the left of the verb at the end of the middle field:

Instead, the comparative comnstituent must follow the verb at the end of the middle field: put differently, it must be extraposed:

The construction can be intensified by adverbs such as hast quite and lang by far. Such adverbs may either be put in front of the presupposed construction as a whole or they can intervene between the Adjective Phrase (AP) and negation, as shown below:

The neutral order does not allow the intensifier and negation to be separated:

The generalisation seems to be that negation may not precede the intensifier. The intensifier hast normally means 'almost'. If it occurs in the presuppositional construction, however, it must mean quite:

It may be upposed that hast developed this meaning in this construction by being in the scope of negation. So the sentence expresses not just that the actual degree falls below a specific point, but that it falls below a stretch of degrees (expressed by the intensifier) below the specific degree. Anyhow, this meaning of hast is mostly found in the presuppositional construction, although it is sometimes found in the neutral order.