[lojban] What place of nesting bridi {ce'u} refers to?

[la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

http://dag.github.com/cll/7/11/

11.1)  le ka ce'u gleki
       the property-of (X being-happy)
       the property of being happy
       happiness

and

11.2)  le ka gleki ce'u
       the property-of (being-happy about-X)
       the property of being that which someone is happy about

These examples are pretty clear. No ambiguity. Now let's open Chapter 11.4

http://dag.github.com/cll/11/4/

4.9)   la djan. cu zmadu la djordj. le ka mi prami ce'u
       John exceeds George in-the property-of (I love X).

This is something very strange.

Let's imagine that I'm a boy and I meet a girl. I tell her

{do melbi mi lo ka ce'u clani}

Does {ce'u} refer to {do} or {mi}?

There are at least two ways this sentence can be understood.

1. I like tall girls. She is tall. I mean "I like that you are tall". i.e. {ce'u} refers to {lo melbi}.

2. I'm a tall boy. She is shortish. I mean "I like that you are short (given that I'm tall)". i.e. {ce'u} refers to {lo se melbi}.

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