* Kurt Maxwell Weber said on 2007-10-29 20:32:41 +0100
> In the simplest case, we have:
>
> noun modifier-A
>
> Here modifier-A clearly modifies the noun, so there's no
> ambiguity.
>
> A bit more complex case:
>
> noun modifier-A modifier-B
>
> Here there is ambiguity introduced because it's not clear if
> modifier-B modifies the noun or modifier-A. We can perhaps
> rectify that by introducing an inclusive coordinating
> conjunction (somethin akin to the English "and") and get:
You could also have all modifiers agree with their noun.
truck color-like-apple-N size-like-moon-N fast-like-turtle-N
You could also just live with the ambiguity. Would be nice for
puns.
t.