I suggest the following experimental cmavo, and I would like to ask for your opinion before adding it to la jbovlaste.
mai'a of selma'o MAI
Definition in English:
change version/dialect of parser
Definition in Lojban:
galfi lo namcu lo tcita be lo selsku bei lo du'u sinxa lo du'u dei te gerna fi lo se sinxa be ny
examples of meaning:
cylylypapi'epa mai'a (current yacc and jbofi'e http://www.lojban.org/jboski/ )
camxes.bu mai'a (current peg http://camxes.lojban.org/ )
iocixes.bu mai'a (zasni gerna of la xorxes https://skami2.iocikun.jp/lojban/zasniGerna , http://www.lojban.org/tiki/zasni+gerna )
ilmentufa burenopavopi'epapapi'erevo mai'a (ilmentufa version 2014-11-24 http://mw.lojban.org/extensions/ilmentufa/camxes-exp.html , https://github.com/Ilmen-vodhr/ilmentufa )
fancylojban.bu mai'a (fancylojban http://mw.lojban.org/lmw/fancylojban , http://mw.lojban.org/lmw/ce_ki_tau_jau - no parser yet?)
example of usage:
camxes.bu mai'a mi jinvi lo du'u zo mai'a plixau ma'a .i .ilmentufa burenopavopi'epapapi'erevo mai'a zo mai'a plixau ma'a soi mi jinvi
Note:
The morphology and grammar of numbers preceding to {mai'a}, including "word"-bu, should conform to the current jbofi'e and yacc, so that a {mai'a} cluster forms a free modifier _compatible_ with every version/dialect of lojban parser: for example, {jie bu mai'a} does not form a meaningful {mai'a} cluster.
As a standard usage, {mai'a} cluster appears at the very beginning of the whole text, just as the inverse of the usage of {fa'o}. The scope of the meaning of {mai'a} cluster spans over the following part until the next {mai'a} cluster appears.
Optionally, if the first {mai'a} cluster appears in the middle of a text, I would consider that the meaning of it spans from the beginning of the text until the next {mai'a} cluster appears. However, there may be ones who want to consider that the meaning of it spans from a preceding {ni'o}, {to}, {tu'e} and so on.
A {mai'a} cluster does not affect the structure of text, because it is only a free modifier formed with selma'o MAI. However, it will be useful when an artificial intelligence parses lojban texts and its dialects: when the AI detects a string {mai'a}, it will easily select a relevant parser for the text.
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