Branching typologies [was: Re: "easiest" languages,SE Asian word-order typologies]

David Peterson wrote:
>     I would argue that this sentence is not ambiguous in English--that, in
> fact, it can only be read as John met the man who had been in the
> hall--whether or not they were still in the hall is not mentioned.
If you say so, but I interpreted it to mean that the meeting was in the
hall.  I actually had to think about it to see that it could be possible
that they weren't in the hall at the time of the meeting.

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