Re: RPN as a grammar?

Paul Bennett wrote:
>
> To help me find out whether I'm heading down the right road, please try to see
> if you can parse (and translate into english) this familiar sentance, given the
> details below:
>
        Let me try...

> foks kwik brun and li su dog slu li bov ta du ah yump en
>
(((foks (kwik brun and) li) su) (((dog slu li) bov ta) du) ah) yump en

        I hope you can follow the nested parentheses :) . The translation is
simply:

        The quick and brown dog has jumped over the lazy dog. The different
particles used in this sentence function like that (if I understand it
correctly):

and: connects the two preceding arguments, meaning 'and'.
li: connects the two preceding arguments, the second is an attribute of
the first.
su: marks the preceding argument as subject complex.
ta: connects the two preceding arguments, the relation is not clear as
the only example gives as a result the second argument as a preposition
and the first as its complement.
du: marks the preceding argument as object complex.
ah: connects the two preceding arguments in a single entity called "noun
complex".
en: connects the two preceding arguments which must be a noun complex
and a verb, giving the verb the perfective aspect and finishing the
sentence.

        At least this is how I understand it. Tell me if I'm wrong.


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