[lojban-beginners] newbie question on bridi construction

["la deivyd." <david.a.imel@gmail.com>]

Hi All,

I'm just starting to learn lojban -- starting with smart.fm gismu
flash cards and reading through the (online html version of) CLL.  I
came to something in CLL that makes me think I'm fundamentally
misunderstanding how the grammar works, so I thought I'd de-lurk and
ask.  (Is there a gismu for "x1 lurks on list x2"?  Just kidding.)

Example 6.1 (http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/
chapter7.html#e6d1):

  la .alis. sipna le ri kumfa

says the translation is "Alice sleeps in her room."

If I understand how the bridi work, I should first look at sipna
(because kumfa has been made into a sumti by adding { le ri } in front
of it, right?) as a "function":  sipna(x1), where x1 is
{ la .alis. }.  But the sentence, and the translation, seem to imply
that this is sipna(x1,x2), with x2 being { le ri kumfa }.  When I look
up sipna in my gismu references, it only seems to have an x1.  Is this
example a mistake?  Or are my gismu lists outdated and there is an x2
for sipna?  Or can you add sumti beyond the specified number of
arguments to a gismu?

Best to all,

--David.  { la deivyd. }

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