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Re: [bpfk] Improvements to fragments in ilmentufa parser
la .xorxes. cu cusku di'e
"joi" can't be a fragment though. The reason is that it would clash with
the sentence connective ".i joi". Fragment is a weird rule, I would
happily remove relative clauses, links and linkargs from it. I don't
think fragment "na" is used much either.
I'm actually a big fan of fragments; I use {to be} and {to noi} a lot,
and it's also nice when you want to add onto someone else's sentence, e.g.
A: mi viska lo pendo
B: be ma
A: la .djan.
Even fragment {na} is sort of semi-common as a slang thing; in the
experimental grammar it was extended to allow multiple NA in a row as a
fragment as well.
I actually frequently miss a method to use a fragmental ?{to JOI SUMTI
toi}, but sadly it would clash with {.i joi}, so I'm stuck with {to ri
JOI SUMTI toi), which doesn't always work.
I find fragments very useful for spontaneous human speech.
mi'e la selpa'i mu'o
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