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Re: parsing phrases



--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "HandyDad" <lsulky@r...> wrote:
> 1) Is there a marker that separates a subject phrase from a verb 
> phrase without applying a tense?
> 
Oh, wait. Good old "sa" will do the job, won't it? "To grin xyen sa 
pipyar to dom" (or "To grinse xyen sa pipyar to dom" for further 
clarity). Can we say that "sa" followed by a conjunction like "and" 
or "but" means "this is the end of a phrase and here comes another of 
the same type", while "sa" followed by something else means "this is 
the end of a phrase and here comes a phrase of a different type"?

---Krawn