Re: [lojban] will you help me understand BAhE+BU?

[Craig Daniel <craigbdaniel@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:18 AM, .alyn.post.
<alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org> wrote:
>
> My understanding of what the PEG grammar currently does is consider
> ba'e bu to be a letteral, and not an emphasized BU.  If it was an
> emphasized bu, {ba'e bu} shouldn't parse and {.alyn. ba'e bu} should
> be the letteral .alyn., neither of which are PEG-true.
>
> I'm totally happy for {ba'e bu} to be a letteral.  If it is, the Magic
> Words page should just say that.
>
> If this is a contest, I would rather {ba'e bu} be an emphasized {bu}
> and we (I) should fix the parser to handle it that way.

There's certainly a case to be made that magic words should be
processed first, in which case BAhE+BU is a letteral. On the other
hand, things tend to bind left-to-right (UI mark things to the left,
but don't actually bind with them); if magic words are not handled
first, then BAhE+BU ought to be emphasizing the BU.

I don't believe there is an official answer to this, but I'm in favor
of magic words first, then left to right. That is, ba'ebu is a
letteral, zoi si uses si as a delimiter (this part is unamibiguously
and I believe officially correct; magic words go left to right), and
ba'e pe'a emphasizes the figurativeness.

 - mi'e .kreig.

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