On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Bill Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > gm =: # %: */ > gm > # %: (*/) > > and (from http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm) > > "Moreover, the left argument of an adverb or conjunction is the entire > verb phrase that precedes it. Thus, in the phrase +/ . */b , the > rightmost adverb / applies to the verb derived from the phrase +/ . * , > not to the verb * ."
The dictionary uses "verb phrase" on two pages: Appendix II.E Parsing and Execution http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm Intro 8 Atop Conjunction http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/intro08.htm It appears that a verb phrase is something typically built from adverbs and/or conjunctions, and that hooks and forks are not verb phrases unless they are contained in parenthesis. I am not sure how you would reach this conclusion, though, if you did not already understand how parsing works. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
