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KLBC: Questions with <'e'>

Greetings.

I am wondering about the use of the special pronoun <'e'>, and came up 
with this question.

I understand that the pronoun <'e'> refers to the last sentence as an 
object, hence the phrase "sentence as object" described in TKD p.65 
(sect. 6.2.5); however, my question pertains to the use of question 
words with the special pronoun <'e'>.

Here are some examples to illustrate my inquiry, presented as if two 
Klingons are talking to each other.

Klingon1:  jIjeghQo'     "I won't surrender!"
Klingon2:  vaj bIHegh  "Then you die!"

This example demonstrates the usage of the conjunction <vaj> "then" 
begining a sentence to refer to the previous sentence.  This is the same 
structure and usage with <'e'> "that" which is usually followed by a 
verb of some sort.

Klingon1:  yIHmey vIHoH 'e' vItIv.   "I enjoy that I kill Tribbles"
Klingon2: net Sov Hoch   "everyone knows that"

This example demonstrates the usage of a  simple "sentence-as-object" in 
the first sentence and the usage of <net> "that" at the beginning of the 
second sentence.  

Here are examples which demonstrate my question.

Klingon1: Heghpu' yaS   "The officer died."
Klingon2: chay' 'e' DaSov  "How do you know that?"

Klingon1: Heghpu' yaS jatlhta' HoD.   "The captain said that the officer 
died."
Klingon2: ghorgh 'e' DaQoypu'   "When did you hear that?"

Is this the proper usage and ordering if question words are involved in 
a sentence-as-object sentence?  And could it all go together like this:

Heghpu' yaS jatlhta' HoD ghorgh 'e' DaQoypu'?
"When did you hear that the captain said the officer died?"

I would appreciate any insights that could be shed on this subject.  
Thank you for reading this and for following along.

qo'mey poSmoH Hol.
Qapla'!
*Dawut*

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