Re: Group Conlang

Some considerations:

Roots
The roots are concepts which could be material concepts, such roots will be
some how nominal and the derived verb could mean: using the thing in the
propper way ("to hammer" from "a hammer" or "to sit" from "a chair"), making
the thing, being the thing, et cetera.
If a root is an action concept, those roots are verbal ones.  The derived
noun will be the action ("killing" from "to kill" or "biting" from "to
bite").
If a root is an attribute, it is an adjectival root.  Te noun will mean the
name of the atribute ("red color" from "red") and the verb would mean having
the attribute or putting the attribute on something.  The disctiontion would
be by concept:  _UNDERGOER-Noun1 PREDICATE-Attrib_ will mean Noun1 is/has
Atrib, but _AGENT-Noun2 PATIENT-Noun1 PREDICATE-Attrib_ will mean Noun2
makes/holds Attrib to Noun1.

In converting roots into attributes the followin schemes could be used:
from nominal roots: the modified root is or has a propperty if the modifying
root.
from verbal roots: the modified root is modified by the action or acts.
Some aditional derivation would be needed... maybe by voice.

A dictionary should hold all the meanings a root would have as different
PoS.

Case/PoS tags:
Will be as small as possible for most common concepts.
I would like no case tag for Theme/Topic.
I would like one letter case tag for patient, agent and predicate.
I wouldn't complain for flexing case tags, examples:
roots:  rum,  kal,  og
case1: prum, ukal, pog
case2: orum, okal, wog

I don't mean extrem cases like those above, but some flexibility could rise.

Agreeement:
I vote for agreement between modified and modifier not by case but by other
element of the screeve, like the tense, dinamism, voice, aspect, number,
evidence or gender.

Maybe proximity or deixis would be another non-compulsory part of the
screeve.  This allow us to take appart two individual things of the same
gender.

We should define which elements will form the screeve, which are compulsory
and which not, and use the non-compulsory parts for disambiguishing: like
for using for modifier-modified agreement or give extra information which
could clarify the meaning.

-- Carlos Th