Re: place structure of lujvo

[And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!ucleaar>]

Ivan writes (quoting Dave):
> >  Nick: The x1 of sudga becomes the x2 of sudri'a
>
> Yes, the "x1" of {sudga} is the "x2" of {rinka} and of {sudri'a}.
>
> >  Me: You are saying that for gismu G and H, the argument pattern of a
> >          lujvo GH is:  h1 GH g1... ?
>
> No.  The argument pattern of GH is "h1 GH h2 h3 h4 h5".  It just
> happens that the "x2" of H is also "x1" of G.

The argument pattern of GH is surely x1 GH x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8...
Until usage preferences evolve (and we perhaps become dikjvo disciples),
present minimal prescription says you can't predict the lujvo place
structure from the parent gismu place structure. Or am I wrong again?

---
And