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[lojban] Can the inconsistency with {seisa'a ... se'u} be overrriden?



the CLL says:

Note: The parser believes that parentheses are attached to the previous word or construct, because it treats them as syntactic equivalents of subscripts and other such so-called “free modifiers”. Semantically, however, parenthetical remarks are not necessarily attached either to what precedes them or what follows them.

...12.8) lu seisa'a la djan. cusku be dei mi klama le zarci
       John said, “I go to the store”.

12.9)  lu mi klama seisa'a la djan cusku le zarci
       “I go”, John said, “to the store”.


So is there any method of attaching sei ... se'u to bridi or jufra, not to the previous word?

Compared to that
the example
15.2)  .i sei la rik. cusku se'u ta'a ro zvati be ti
            mi baza speni ti .iu
       [Comment] Rick says, [end-comment] [Interrupt] all at this-place,
            I [future] [medium] am-spouse-to this-one [love].
       Rick said, “Sorry to break in, everybody. Pretty soon I’m getting married
            to my love here.”


seems pretty perfect. {sei} is attached to the head of the sentence. But if due to stylistic preferences I wanna insert {sei... se'u} in the middle of the sentence is there anything that can be done?

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