Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qHHJq-00001oC; Fri, 24 Jun 94 22:53 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4584; Fri, 24 Jun 94 22:53:47 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 4582; Fri, 24 Jun 1994 22:53:47 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4737; Fri, 24 Jun 1994 21:51:50 +0200 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 13:59:09 BST Reply-To: C.J.Fine@BRADFORD.AC.UK Sender: Lojban list From: Colin Fine Subject: Some tergi'u with features - tentative To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 7318 Lines: 156 As I explained in previous mails, I think each terbri (and gadri, and sumtcita, and some other cmavo) have a collection of features, which can be used to determine some sort of categorical consistency of sentences. Here is my first attempt at assigning some. I'm sure it will be much modified. It covers bacru to benji. Colin Tentative list of features. ========================== Some of these I am sure are useful, others I put in because I thought they might be, but they may turn out not to be. Some features imply others (or the absence of others) Where an implication is specified, both need not of course be specified explicitly for a terbri, but sometimes they are both specified in the list below for clarity. I think that +set is incompatible with most other features (not all), but I think there might be value in allowing '+set +feature' where the '+feature' applies to members of the set, so I have put these in sometimes, in parenthesis. Only practice will tell whether this works. abstract - abstraction (-> -concrete) activity - (-> +event) animal - (-> +bio) bio - biological concept - concept (-> +abstract) concrete - concrete (-> -abstract) emot - (capable of) emotion event - (-> +abstract) kind - species or sort (-> +abs) location - mass - is (treated as) a mass. Is consistent with most other features, which may be inherited from its components. pers - personal (not nec. human) plant - plant (-> bio) property - (-> abstract) proposition - (-> abstract) purpose - (-> abstract) set - is a set shape - standard - (not nec +abstract) state - (-> +abstract) substance - (-> concrete) text - text (not nec written) (-> +abstract) vol - volitional ^: unspecified (sometimes mentioned for emphasis) ?: I'm not sure whether this feature is there, usually because I'm not quite sure of the meaning. bacru utter -set +pers +vol se bacru uttered -set +text badna banana -set +concrete +plant +shape se badna banana species -set +concept +plant +kind badri sad -set +pers +emot se badri object of sadness +abstract +concept bajra run -set +concrete +vol se bajra running surface -set +concrete +location te bajra running limb -set +concrete ve bajra running gait -set +abstract +concept bakfu bundle -set +concrete +shape se bakfu contents of bundle -set +concrete te bakfu wrapping of bundle -set +concrete bakni bovine -set +concrete +animal se bakni bovine species -set +concept +animal +kind bakri chalk -set +substance se bakri source of chalk -set te bakri form of chalk -set +shape baktu bucket -set +shape +concrete +container se baktu contents of bucket -set +concrete te baktu material of bucket -set +substance balji bulb -set +plant +concrete +shape se balji plant with bulb -set +plant (^concrete ^kind) balni balcony -set +concrete +shape se balni balconied -set +concrete balre blade -set +concrete +shape se balre bladed -set +concrete balvi future -set +event se balvi has in its future -set +event bancu beyond se bancu bound beyond which te bancu reference for beyond ve bancu beyondness property -set +abstract bandu defend -set +event se bandu defended te bandu defended against -set +event banfi amphibian -set +animal +concrete se banfi amphibian species -set +animal +kind +abstract bangu language -set +concept se bangu people with language +vol +pers banli great se banli greatness property -set +property te banli greatness standard -set +standard banro grow -set se banro grown -set te banro grown from -set banxa bank -set ?concrete ?location se banxa banker -set te banxa function of bank -set +activity banzu suffice -set +concrete se banzu purpose sufficed -set +purpose te banzu sufficiency conditions +state bapli force -set +property se bapli force -set +event barda big se barda bigness dimension -set +property te barda bigness standard +standard bargu arch -set +concrete +shape se bargu arched over -set +concrete te bargu material of arch -set +substance barja bar -set +concrete +location se barja served in bar -set +concrete te barja customer of bar -set +concrete +pers +vol barna mark -set +concrete se barna marked -set +concrete te barna material of mark -set +substance bartu out se bartu has outside basna emphasize -set +vol se basna emphasized te basna emphasis -set +activity basti replace se basti replaced te basti replacement conditions +state batci bite -set +concrete se batci bitten -set +concrete te batci locus of bite -set +location batke button -set +concrete se batke has button -set +concrete te batke purpose of button -set +purpose ve batke material of button -set +substance bavmi barley -set +concrete +plant se bavmi barley species -set +plant +kind baxso Malay-Indonesian -set se baxso Malay-Ind aspect -set +abstract +property? bebna foolish -set +vol? +pers? se bebna foolishness -set +property bemro North American -set se bemro North American aspect -set +abstract +property? bende crew +mass -set +concrete se bende members of crew +set (+pers) te bende lead crew -set +pers +vol ve bende purpose of crew +purpose bengo Bengali -set se bengo Bengali aspect -set +abstract +property? benji transfer -set +vol se benji transfered te benji receive transfer -set +concrete ve benji transmitter -set +concrete xe benji means of transfer -set