Re: parser bug - or my?

[John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>]

la kir. cusku di'e

> I feed this line to the parser:
>
>     mi cuscu lu .ue la djan. klama li'u
>
> And the answer was:
>
>     (mi {cuscu <[(lu ue) ({la djan} {klama VAU}) li'u] VAU>})
>
> So it seems parser think the quotation itself is surprise!
> And it was a great surprise for me :-)...

I'll bet.  The parser simply attaches attitudinals to the preceding
word first; then it does conventional parsing.

> So can I quote the sentence beginning with emotional indicator?

Yes; the parser is in error here, and you are correct.
(Note:  "cuscu" should be "cusku".)

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John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.