From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Mar 31 20:29:08 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 44137 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2004 04:29:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 Apr 2004 04:29:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Apr 2004 04:29:04 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B8toz-0007HD-1e for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:28:53 -0800 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B8toH-0007Ge-G8; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:28:09 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:28:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B8to9-0007GV-AF for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:28:01 -0800 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:28:01 -0800 Message-ID: <20040401042801.GS16966@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20040401030550.GR16966@digitalkingdom.org> <20040401043909.GA10791@allusion.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040401043909.GA10791@allusion.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-archive-position: 7413 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: i mo'ini'a mo'ini'a mo'ini'a X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21886 On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 10:39:10PM -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 07:05:50PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > The sentence from Alice, > > > > i mo'ini'a mo'ini'a mo'ini'a > > > > is disliked by jbofi'e, but both my parser and the official parser > > are just fine with it. > > > > Does anyone know if there's an *actual* problem with it, as such? > > If so, what? > > simple-tense-modal thingies need to be connected with logical > connectives; you can't just list them. Xorxes eschews this rule > deliberately, IIRC. > > Proper grammar is {mo'ini'a je mo'ini'a je mo'ini'a}. Sorry, should have said this before. The official parser (and mine, presumably) take it as mo'ini'a ku mo'ini'a ku mo'ini'a [ku?] Since there is no other legal interpretation. -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui