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

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 11:42:08AM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > {zei zei da} at the beginning of text?
> In other words, it creates a lujvo that means "zei type-of da".
> 
> Which is what I think a human would expect.

Yes, except that it is a funny lujvo that can only appear at
the beginning of a text. I suppose {zei bu} is also a BY?
Again, it can only appear at the beginning of a text.
 
> > In {zo da si de}, {zo da bu}, {zo da zei de}, we have zo and something
> > else fighting over the same word, one pulling from the left and the
> > other from the right. We just have to define which one has priority,
> > and the other one should act on what remains.
> 
> I don't see any reason to over-ride grammar.300 on that point: ZO has
> higher priority.  But then we're back to whether or not SI eats more
> than one word, which grammar.300 says it does not.

When zo fights with these words directly, it always wins:
{zo si}, {zo bu}, {zo zei}, so I don't see any reason for it
not to win when it fights with them over a third word.
If {zo da} can be a single word for {bu} and for {zei} to grab, 
it can also be a word for {si}, why not? Call it a single 
quoted word. 

It is also possible to decide that when there is an intervening
word, zo loses: so {zo (da si de)}. But then why not
{zo (da bu)} and {zo (da zei de)}? I prefer zo to consistently
have priority: {(zo da) si de}, {(zo da) bu} and {(zo da) zei de}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes
 


	
		
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