Re: Parsing lujvo

[Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>]

George Foot wrote:
> coi rodo
>
> I'd like to know whether or not a machine parser for lujvo already exists.
> I think it's quite a useful thing to have; it would convert a lujvo into
> its component rafsi, and list the meanings of the rafsi.
>

  I once wrote a complete lexer in Turbo Pascal

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>
>   tavta'atavlytavla
>

  Given the above input the lexer produces


tavta'atavlytavla

/  tavta'atavlytavla :
   tav  = tavla > talk
-- illegal medial consonant pair : vt
   ta'a = tavla > talk
   tavla        > talk
   tavla        > talk
---

  Given a more complex input (from the old ckafybarja postings):


ni'o le ckafybarja cu te vanci

*  ni'o         > new topic
*  le           > the (described as)
/  ckafybarja :
   ckafi        > coffee
   barja        > bar
- cu
*  te           > 3rd conversion of
*  vanci        > evening
---

.i fadni ke savru je snusna

.  i
*  fadni        > ordinary
*  ke           > start grouping
*  savru        > noise
*  je           > (tanru) and
/  snusna :
   snu  = casnu > discuss
   sna  = sanli > stand
---

.i fo'a goi la xiron. zvati ke viska je tirna

.  i
*  fo'a         > it#6
*  goi          > anaphora assign
*  la           > that named
N                 xiron
*  zvati        > at
*  ke           > start grouping
*  viska        > see
*  je           > (tanru) and
*  tirna        > hear
---

.i fo'a jisygau le poi se cliva re le velbarja ku'o jubme

.  i
*  fo'a         > it#6
/  jisygau :
   jis  = jinsa > clean
   gau  = gasnu > do
*  le           > the (described as)
*  poi          > (restrictive) which
*  se           > 2nd conversion of
*  cliva        > leave
*  re           > 2
*  le           > the (described as)
/  velbarja :
   vel  = ve    > 4th conversion of
   barja        > bar
*  ku'o         > end relative clause
*  jubme        > table
---

I have still got the exe-file but couldn't find the sources.

  co'o mi'e veion