Return-Path: id AA02696; Wed, 12 Jun 91 20:56:12 EDT Date: Wed, 12 Jun 91 20:56:12 EDT Message-Id: <9106130056.AA02696@grackle.UUCP> To: ai-lab!lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com Subject: Short mystery Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!gnu.ai.mit.edu!grackle!bob From: cbmvax!uunet!gnu.ai.mit.edu!grackle!bob Sender: cbmvax!uunet!gnu.ai.mit.edu!grackle!bob Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Wed Jun 12 23:53:41 1991 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!ai.mit.edu!grackle!bob A crime lo zekri .i mi cadzu pagre le vorme le kumfa I walkingly pass through the moveable-barrier into the room. .i lo xadni pe le nanmu cu vreta lo loldi A man's body reclines upon the floor. .i mi viska le flecu be loi ciblu be'o le xadni I see a current of blood flowing from the body Note: I suggest that `flecu' be given the same form as `fall': x1 flows to x2.... instead of the current flecu fec fle flow current of/in..flowing to..from..'flush' .i mi sisku loi sinxa be le zekri I seek signs/symbols of the alleged [i.e., described-as-a] crime. .i mi viska loi kevna pe loi danti be lo sefta be lo jubme I see holes associated with bullets in a surface of a table. .ije mi viska lo nu loi cukta pu farlu lo kajna And I see the event that a mass of books fell from a shelf lo jubme e lo loldi to a table and a floor. .ije mi viska lo nu lo canko cu kalri And I see the event that a window is open. .i mi catlu lo plita ke bartu drudi noi le'e prenu cadzu I look at the flat exterior roof which the typical person walks [Don't have to say "is able to walk on"!] .i mi cuska fi la tam. noi pulju ku'o I say to Tom, the policeman, "I think [I opine] the crime person climbed fe lu pe'i le zekri prenu pu cpara le plita ke bartu drudi le canko pe le kumfa li'u over the flat roof to the window of the room." .i la tam. cuska lu ia. ie. Tom says "Yes (belief), I agree. .i ko catlu le kevna be le bitmu be'o poi ke'a trixe le pixra Look at the cavity in the wall which is behind the picture. .i le kevna cu vasru lo tanxe The cavity contains a box .ije la'edi'u kunti zo'e li'u the last referent is empty of something unspecified." .i la tam. cuska lu Tom says, ju'e le tanxe pu vasru loi rupni li'u "I conclude that the box was a container full of a mass of money." .i mi catlu le vorme pe le tanxe pe le bitmu . I look at the door of the box in [associated with] the wall. .i mi cuska lu ba'a le stela cu porpi I say "I expect the lock is broken .i ua. ue mi faski lo za'i ge lo vorme gi (Discovery! Surprise!) I discover that the state of both the door and the lock is not broken." lo stela na porpi li'u .i mi cuska fi la tam. fe lu le minra pa ferlu lo bitmu lo loldi I say to Tom, "The mirror fell from the wall to the floor gi'a pa porpi li'u and broke." .i la tam. cuska lu pe'i le morsi nanmu pu lacpu le minra lo loldi Tom says I think [I opine] the dead man pulled the mirror to the floor lo bitmu from the wall. .i se'o mi'a catlu lo sinxa zo'e poi ke'a I have a hunch you and I are looking at a sign of something that [it] is important for the event of seeking." vajni lo nu sisku li'u .i la tam. cuska lu ra'u ju'e Tom said, "Most important of all, I conclude lo prenu poi ke'a pu sazri the person who operated le stela lo za'i kalri ku'o on the lock with the goal of state-of-being open djuno lo nu kalri sazru le tanxe vorme li'u knew the process of open operating the box door." .i mi cuska lu genai le zekri prenu goi ko'a ge kalri rinka le stela tanxe I said "If the thief opened the lock box gi porpi rinka ri and did not break it, gi ko'a cu djano lo nu kalri sazru le tanxe vorme then he knew the process of open operating the box door. .ua ru'u ko'a catlu (discovery!) I postulate he looked at le se minra le nu kalri sazru le stela tanxe vorme the reflection of the event of open operating the lock box door sepi'o lo darno ke catlu cabra li'u using tool a distance-type-of looking apparatus." [telescope] fe'o Robert J. Chassell bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu Rattlesnake Mountain Road (413) 298-4725 or (617) 253-8568 or Stockbridge, MA 01262-0693 USA (617) 876-3296 (for messages)