Re: a simple question...

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

If you want the two predications to be truly 'equal' in importance, you need
two sentences.

le plise cu cpana le tanxe .ije ri cu cpana le karce
or perhaps better
le plise cu cpana le tanxe .ije lenu go'i cu cpana le karce
(The apple is on the box, and this event/state takes place on the car.)

But most people would use a relative clause:

le plise cu cpana le tanxe noi [] cpana le karce
The apple is on the box, which incidentally is on the car.
The [] can be null-ellipsis, ke'a (the relative pronoun), or "le tanxe"
(explicit).  It should not be "ri" which goes to the last COMPLETE sumti
and le tanxe is not complete till the relative clause ends, so "ri" refers to
"le plise".

lojbab