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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion chapters/01.xml
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<gloss>[You!] see two persons who-are brothers-of that-named Santa.</gloss>
</interlinear-gloss>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><link linkend="chapter-sumti-tcita-picture">Chapter 9</link></td><td>
<tr><td><link linkend="chapter-sumtcita-picture">Chapter 9</link></td><td>
<para> (none) </para>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><link linkend="chapter-tenses-picture">Chapter 10</link></td><td>
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</cmavo-entry>
</cmavo-list>
<para role="indent">The question of the place structures of selbri has been glossed over so far. This chapter does not attempt to treat place structure issues in detail; they are discussed in
<xref linkend="chapter-sumti-tcita"/>. One grammatical structure related to places belongs here, however. In simple sentences such as
<xref linkend="chapter-sumtcita"/>. One grammatical structure related to places belongs here, however. In simple sentences such as
<xref linkend="example-do-mamta-mi"/>, the place structure of the selbri is simply the defined place structure of the gismu
<valsi>mamta</valsi>. What about more complex selbri?</para>
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>tanru</primary><secondary>place structures of</secondary></indexterm> For tanru, the place structure rule is simple: the place structure of a tanru is always the place structure of its tertau. Thus, the place structure of
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</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="indent"> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumti tcita and tense tags</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>tense tags and sumti tcita</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumti tcita and modal tags</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal tags and sumti tcita</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumti tcita and linked sumti</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>linked sumti and sumti tcita</primary></indexterm> Similarly, sumti labeled by modal or tense tags can be inserted into strings of linked sumti just as they can into bridi:</para>
<para role="indent"> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumtcita and tense tags</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>tense tags and sumtcita</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumtcita and modal tags</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal tags and sumtcita</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumtcita and linked sumti</primary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>linked sumti and sumtcita</primary></indexterm> Similarly, sumti labeled by modal or tense tags can be inserted into strings of linked sumti just as they can into bridi:</para>

<example role="interlinear-gloss-example" xml:id="example-random-id-GstI">
<title>
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</interlinear-gloss>
</example>
<para role="indent">See discussions in
<xref linkend="chapter-sumti-tcita"/> of modals and in
<xref linkend="chapter-sumtcita"/> of modals and in
<xref linkend="chapter-tenses"/> of tenses for more explanations.</para>
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>be'o</primary><secondary>effect of relative clauses on elidability of</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>relative clauses</primary><secondary>effect on elidability of be'o</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>be'o</primary><secondary>elidability of</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>elidability of be'o</primary></indexterm> The terminator
<valsi>be'o</valsi> is almost always elidable: however, if the selbri belongs to a description, then a relative clause following it will attach to the last linked sumti unless
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<valsi>pu</valsi> specifies that the action of the speaker going to the market takes place in the past. Tenses are explained in full detail in
<xref linkend="chapter-tenses"/>. Tense is semantically a property of the entire bridi; however, the usual syntax for tenses attaches them at the front of the selbri, as in
<xref linkend="example-random-id-uz13"/>. There are alternative ways of expressing tense information as well. Modals, which are explained in
<xref linkend="chapter-sumti-tcita"/>, behave in the same way as tenses.</para>
<xref linkend="chapter-sumtcita"/>, behave in the same way as tenses.</para>
<para>Similarly, a bridi may have the particle
<valsi>na</valsi> (of selma'o NA) attached to the beginning of the selbri to negate the bridi. A negated bridi expresses what is false without saying anything about what is true. Do not confuse this usage with the scalar negation of
<xref linkend="section-selbri-scalar-negation"/>. For example:</para>
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<valsi>ku</valsi>: in the compound negator
<jbophrase>naku</jbophrase> (discussed in
<xref linkend="chapter-quantifiers"/>) and to terminate place-structure, tense, and modal tags that do not have associated sumti (discussed in
<xref linkend="chapter-sumti-tcita"/> and
<xref linkend="chapter-sumtcita"/> and
<xref linkend="chapter-tenses"/>).</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="section-masses">
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<chapter xml:id="chapter-sumti-tcita">
<chapter xml:id="chapter-sumtcita">
<title><anchor xml:id="c9"/>To Boston Via The Road Go I, With An Excursion Into The Land Of Modals</title>
<mediaobject xml:id="chapter-sumti-tcita-picture">
<mediaobject xml:id="chapter-sumtcita-picture">
<textobject><phrase>The picture for chapter 9</phrase></textobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="media/chapter-sumti-tcita.gif"/>
<imagedata fileref="media/chapter-sumtcita.gif"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>

<section xml:id="section-sumti-tcita-introduction">
<section xml:id="section-sumtcita-introduction">
<title><anchor xml:id="c9s1"/>Introductory</title>
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>relationship</primary><secondary>objects of</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>relationship</primary><secondary>as basis of sentence</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sentence</primary><secondary>basic Lojban</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>selbri</primary><secondary>definition</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumti</primary><secondary>definition</secondary></indexterm> The basic type of Lojban sentence is the bridi: a claim by the speaker that certain objects are related in a certain way. The objects are expressed by Lojban grammatical forms called
<valsi>sumti</valsi>; the relationship is expressed by the Lojban grammatical form called a
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<para role="indent">The place structure of
<jbophrase>blanu zdani</jbophrase> (blue house) is the same as that of
<valsi>zdani</valsi>, by the rule given in
<xref linkend="section-sumti-tcita-introduction"/>. The place structure of
<xref linkend="section-sumtcita-introduction"/>. The place structure of
<valsi>zdani</valsi> is:</para>
<definition>
<valsi>zdani</valsi> <content>x1 is a house/nest/lair/den for inhabitant x2</content>
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<valsi>kanla</valsi>. The selbri may be terminated with
<valsi>fe'u</valsi> (of selma'o FEhU), an elidable terminator which is rarely required unless a non-logical connective follows the tag (omitting
<valsi>fe'u</valsi> in that case would make the connective affect the selbri).</para>
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>and FA marking</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>effect on place structure</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>position in bridi</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>seltcita sumti</primary><secondary>definition (see also modal sumti)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumti tcita</primary><secondary>definition (see also modal tag)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>definition (see also seltcita sumti)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal tag</primary><secondary>definition (see also sumti tcita)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal place</primary><secondary>rationale for term name</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal place</primary><secondary>definition</secondary></indexterm> The term for such an added place is a
<para> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>and FA marking</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>effect on place structure</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>position in bridi</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>seltcita sumti</primary><secondary>definition (see also modal sumti)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>sumtcita</primary><secondary>definition (see also modal tag)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal sumti</primary><secondary>definition (see also seltcita sumti)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal tag</primary><secondary>definition (see also sumtcita)</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal place</primary><secondary>rationale for term name</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm type="general"><primary>modal place</primary><secondary>definition</secondary></indexterm> The term for such an added place is a
<quote>modal place</quote>, as distinguished from the regular numbered places. (This use of the word
<quote>modal</quote> is specific to the Loglan Project, and does not agree with the standard uses in either logic or linguistics, but is now too entrenched to change easily.) The
<valsi>fi'o</valsi> construction marking a modal place is called a
<quote>modal tag</quote>, and the sumti which follows it a
<quote>modal sumti</quote>; the purely Lojban terms


<jbophrase>sumti tcita</jbophrase> and
<jbophrase>sumtcita</jbophrase> and
<jbophrase>seltcita sumti</jbophrase>, respectively, are also commonly used. Modal sumti may be placed anywhere within the bridi, in any order; they have no effect whatever on the rules for assigning unmarked bridi to numbered places, and they may not be marked with FA cmavo.</para>

<para>Consider
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