Re: Tiny Grammar

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Edward Heil wrote:

> But wait.  In order for reverse polish to work, do you *have* to have a
> fixed number of operands for each operator?... hmmm....  In other words,
> could you have 3 3 3 +  as well as 3 3 +?  Or would you have to make it
> 3 3 + 3 +?
> >How about affixing a tone to each word that has slots to fill?
> >Then "aaa bbb1 ccc ddd2" would be something like "noun adj noun verb".
> I think part of the idea for Rupin was to eliminate parts of speech...
> maybe a tone could determine how many slots a word had?
Exactly; "three four five add3" would mean "twelve" ...  and doesn't THAT look
weird? Anything with a "dative" argument could work, somewhat well, by making
the "verb" a "3". So, "john it mary give3". But what to do with adverbs,
"john it mary yesterday? give3", I don't know.