History: free_modifier_32

Source of version: 2 (current)

!!!free_modifier_32 : ((free_modifier_A_33)) | ((free_modifier_A_33)) ((free_modifier_32)) ;

The containing phrase of one or more free modifiers. Note that this is a
right-recursive structure, which is not the ordinary direction in the
Lojban grammar. It is not clear why this is so.

All of these free modifiers are supposed to be able to appear anywhere
in a sentence.

In general, free modifier sequences can appear almost anywhere in a
sentence. In practice, though, this is not the case. Here is the
beginning of what will some day be a complete list of the exceptions:

* Inside a number/lerfu-string/lerfu-word
* Inside a simple-tense-modal
* Inside a ((zei))-((lujvo)), because they are merged into a single token by a preparser rule (((parse step 4a))).
* Inside a connective (ek, jek, joik, gihek, gek, guhek, gik)
* Inside a vocative head
* somewhere else?

Note that this rule does not include ((UI)) attitudinals,
because this is covered by a special lexer rule that attaches them to
the preceding tokens (((parse step 4e))), and in the cases where attitudinals __precede__ a
whole sentence or utterance, ((indicators_411)) is referenced directly in
those rules.

History: free_modifier_32

Source of version: 2 (current)

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