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Re: [lojban] Higher-precedence Grouping with {bo} Is Impossible for TAG Sentence Connectives



In a spoken language, such degrees of complexity are very unlikely and will be worked around if the need ever actually were to arise.  In a written language as used by a certain kind of pedant, they are possible -- even likely -- and something must be designed to save them!  Not!



From: Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com>
To: "lojban@googlegroups.com" <lojban@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:37 PM
Subject: [lojban] Higher-precedence Grouping with {bo} Is Impossible for TAG Sentence Connectives

The title says it all; the following won't parse:

{.i broda .ija'ebo brode .iseri'abobo brodi}

Semantically, it should parse meaning that {.i brode .iseri'abo brodi} is the right-hand operand of {.ija'ebo}.

On a related note, even-higher-precedence grouping with bo is not possible for ijeks; the following won't parse:

.i (broda .ijebo (brode .ijebo ((brodi .ijebobo brodo) .ijebo brodu)))

Parentheses show intended parse.

Furthermore, multiple {bo} are not allowed in tanru groupings:

{.i (broda bo ((brode bo bo brodi) bo brodo))}

It just seems like multiple {bo} is illegal across the board. Bug or feature? Could this even be implemented? If it can, should we?

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o
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