Re: [lojban] Re: Named multiples

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 03 pi'e 06 pi'e 2010 la'o fy. Lindar .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> So you can see here that there is a difference in parsing. It reads
> {xalbo} with an implied gadri, though it doesn't seem to specify
> which.
.skamyxatra

Jbofi'e is both a parser and a glosser, and it is fulfilling the latter role
when it gives meanings for phrases.  Parsing consists solely of determining the
grammatical structure of a text (i.e., what parts are {selbri}, {sumti},
numbers, etc.) and does *not* involve determining or assigning meaning to a
text, which is done *after* parsing.

> I don't think we can just say "whatever" and leave it up to context. A
> parser needs to know what the default is if one is not specified.

No, a glosser or translator needs to know which {gadri} to use.  A program that
is a parser and nothing more (regardless of how useless it may seem) only needs
to know the {selma'o} & pseudo-{selma'o} of its input and, of course, the rules
of Lojban syntax.  All it generates from this is a syntax tree or equivalent
structure, which, by itself, conveys no useful information about the meaning of
a text.

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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