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On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Mike S. <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote: > > The pseudo-production rules are: > > termset-structure := termset-coordinator termset termset > termset-coordinator := "ne'e" | "ne'a" | "ne'o" > termset := termset-delimiter | termset-structure | term termset > termset-delimiter := "ne" > term := modifier > > Mind you, all TSS modifiers are formally unary operators. Those > productions are ONLY for illustrating the idea. Nevertheless, the TSS is > the only production here that belongs in a sentence. I have other ideas, > but I'm going to stop and wait for feedback. I hope this clarifies my idea. It's an interesting idea, but the pseudo-production rules still leave some productions from the production rules unexplained. For example, how do we understand "la mlta ne'e xkra" or "la mlta ne xkra"? The first one probably should result in "la mlta je xkra xkra"="la mlta (ni) xkra", which makes "ne'e" and "ne'a" equivalent to "ni" in that situation, and "ne'o" equivalent to "nu": la mlta ne'o xkra"="la mlta jo xkra xkra"="la mlta nu xkra". I suppose "la mlta ne xkra" would be just "la mlta xkra"? And "la mlta ne la grka ne xkra" is equivalent to the two sentences "la mlta xkra la grka xkra"? co ma'a xrxe