[lojban] Re: more grammar discussion

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> sumti-tail <- (sumti-6 relatives?)? sumti-tail-1 / relatives sumti-tail-1
>
> It looks like this rule is a bit redundant. It could be simplified to
>
>  sumti-tail <- sumti-6? relatives? sumti-tail-1
>
> without changing the meaning.

I think the reason for having it separate is that in the presence of
sumti-6, the relatives will apply to sumti-6, while in the absence of
sumti-6, the relatives will apply to the sumti in sumti-tail-1. So
really it should be something like:

sumti-tail <- (modifier-sumti / relatives)? sumti-tail-1

modifier-sumti <- sumti-6 relatives?

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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