[lojban] Re: Official Parser: mi .eparoibo do broda

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 09:52:54AM -0800, Stefan 1of3 Koch wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Robin wrote:
> > The 3.0 Parser doesn't like
> >
> >    mi .eparoibo do broda
> >
> > or, in fact, a ROI clause after an ek or jek at all AFAICT.
> 
> And as I see it, it shouldn't like this sentence. It should be "paroi
> ku".

I don't think you understand what ".e<tense>bo" does.

"mi .epubo do broda", and its longer form "mi broda .ijepubo do broda"
are used all the time, and mean "I broda, and before that, you also
broda.".

paroi is a tense, just like pu is (well, not *exactly* like, but close
enough).

> But that one isn't parsed, either.

Correct, and the grammar agrees that it should not; only the
non-terminal 'term' can become <tense>ku, but there is no way to put an
ek between 'term' non-terminals.

On the other hand, the grammar says that "mi .eparoibo do broda" should
parse.

-Robin

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