I wrote:
> Put another way, I don't think "the entire verb
> phrase that precedes it" unequivocally predicts
> the behavior observed.
Oh, I guess I never explicitly spelled out what we should expect. Let me
try to remedy that.
We should expect that modifiers (adverbs and conjs) will immediately bind on
the left to:
* Primitive verbs
* Proverbs (named verbs)
* Parenthesized verb phrases
* Verbs explicitly composed (i.e. using conjunctions like @ @. @: &
&. &: &.: etc)
but NOT to:
* Verbs implicitly composed (i.e. using the verb train
(bident/trident) rules). That is, hooks and forks.
If anyone can come up with some succinct English phrase which encapsulates
the former but not the latter, I would recommend it as a replacement for
"the entire verb phrase that precedes it".
-Dan
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