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Re: [lojban] Re: My parser, SI, SA, and ZOI

--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, this doesn't help with things like "zo broda zei broda",
> but I'm inclined to say that that's illegal because ZO acts first,
> leaving "<zo-quote> zei broda", and a quote is not a single word.

It is clear that {zo broda zei broda} is illegal with the current
grammar, though not exactly for the reason you say. {zei} grabs the
previous _token_ and binds it to the next to deliver a brivla, so
you end up with ZO BRIVLA which is illegal. Only ZO any_word_698
is valid. {zo broda si brode} fails for the same reason.
{si} erases any_word_698 leaving ZO BRIVLA, which is illegal. 
I think that if you fix one you should fix the other as well.

{da zei de bu} is legal: first {da zei de} delivers BRIVLA, and
then {BRIVLA BU} delivers BY.
 
> Opinions on that issue welcome, but it seems pretty clear that ZEI only
> acts on single words, and quotes are not single words.

ZEI acts on single tokens, doesn't it? 

mu'o mi'e xorxes



	
		
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