Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Parsing

From: Richard Curnow <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 23:43:28 +0100

On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 06:24:09AM -0000, A.W.T. wrote:
> 
> I'm having problems to agree with this:
> 
> 1) mi tavla do bau la lojban. (grammatical)
> 2) mi bau la lojban. [cu] tavla do (as well) or
> 3) mi do bau la lojban. [cu] tavla
> 
> hence: leaving out the first place {mi} gets me a bridi-tail, e.g. {... tavla do bau la lojban.} or {bau la lojban. tavla do} etc.

{bau la lojban tavla do} is not a bridi tail. The grouping of 2) is
like this

((mi) (bau la lojban)) (tavla do)
term term selbri tail-term
terms bridi-tail

so (bau la lojban) is part of the 'terms', before the bridi-tail has
even begun. For 1), 2) and 3), the bridi-tail is respectively

1) tavla do bau la lojban.
2) tavla do
3) tavla

> Is there a rule explicitely stating in the Book that only bridi-tails *starting with a selbri* are allowed after {gi'e}?
> 

Pretty much. You might get "ke", "bo", "ge" or
simple-tense-modal+"gi"/"ke"/"bo" between gi'e and the selbri.

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