#Lao Beowulf #the first ten lines, with notes Ai, la lansa Daski ji nazu lo kalmao denli gui,\ e lo bragai ji garni Dai pia briga, e grada. Mu fu muostu lepo ledai bragarsuo ga mucria nu dorvei. Ba me la Cild Cifsyn, ji hutri ro cmakulgru,\ e ji hutri lo bifcuilagcei, e ji hutri na lepo bitsa lo nemdi Levi nu firpa je lo grakrusolda papa mutce fredirgoi. Fa lepo satci, ena, nurduitciha gi, Cai futci folroa\ Kou lepo lecai pu porli ga rodja, e, kou, lepo lecai pu vatlu ga nu pruci. Pana le fando gi ra cmakulgru vi le zvosetfa lanbie\ ji bande le balnyrodlu pia cnida lepo norgaucue cai,\ efafi norgaucte.# Ai ta pa gudbi bragai. #Notes #line 1, la lansa Daski The Spear-Danes sounds like a predicate name to me, thus LA #line 1, gui In LIP, this takes two gu's to close; I propose that any argmod1 #be closable with gui (implemented in my parser) #line 4 cmakulgru tribe -- modified as a small tribe both by context and for #the alliteration. #line 5 bifcui = mead (see Fr. Sp. metaphor), bifcuilagcei = mead-bench #Such compounds will be nonce complexes quite often because of the need #to control the number of stressed syllables #mead: Fr hydromel G met Span aguamiel #line 6 grakrusolda, hall-troops, a nonce complex as per line 5 #line 7 balnyrodlu, the whale-road, the sea #line 6 nurduitciha, foundling #line 9 zvosetfa, outlying. This line lacks alliteration, may need fiddling. #line 10 efagu My grammar allows APA connectives be closed with gu as here #--------------- formatted for parsing --------------- Ai, la lansa Daski ji nazu lo kalmao denli gui, e lo bragai ji garni Dai pia briga, e grada. Mu fu muostu lepo ledai bragarsuo ga mucria nu dorvei. Ba me la Cild Cifsyn, ji hutri ro cmakulgru, e ji hutri lo bifcuilagcei, e ji hutri na lepo bitsa lo nemdi Levi nu firpa je lo grakrusolda papa mutce fredirgoi. Fa lepo satci, ena, nurduitciha gi, Cai futci folroa Kou lepo lecai pu porli ga rodja, e, kou lepo lecai pu vatlu ga nu pruci. Pana le fando gi ra cmakulgru vi le zvosetfa lanbie ji bande le balnyrodlu pia cnida lepo norgaucue cai, efafi norgaucte. Ai ta pa gudbi bragai. #----------------------------------------------------- #line 11 to halfway through line 15 Fa gu, pa brana la Cild, ga su botcytciha,\ ji su ursi jo je vi le hasgardi gui, e ji su kofmao ji nu sundi\ la Gandi levi gunti.# Gai ga djano raba logei po zaocko,\ e lo langa fatru ji nu laasto gei\ lepo gei clesi su fregoi. #Notes #line 11 note the use of a gasent to get the subordinate clauses to attach #to the right noun phrase. #line 12 ursi is a bit of poetic licence -- "bear cub" (illicit use of #the animal declension) #line 14 it is useful to note the place structure of laasto #---------------set up for parsing---------------------- Fa gu, pa brana la Cild, ga su botcytciha, ji su ursi jo je vi le hasgardi gui, e ji su kofmao ji nu sundi la Gandi levi gunti. Gai ga djano raba logei po zaocko, e lo langa po fatru ji nu laasto gei lepo gei clesi su fregoi. #--------------------------------------------------------- Inumoi, la Surpoi je lo Clivi,\ ja la Nu Gankaotaa Rarpoi gui\ madzo lepo levi mrenu ga vurfamva. La Cild, papa farfu su famva sunho Le namci je la Beov, nu djano ravi lo Nordi,\ Ice ra junti bragarsu'o foi selkurni lia tio,\ e frezi donsu nia lepo ga clivi ga lebei farfu,\ inurau, fa gu, na lepo bei laldo guo\ na lepo ga satci ga lopo kamda gi\ su saltai kadkii vi bei fa stali,\ e jugra lebei clina.# Lo bivdu ji nu ganble\ ga durfoa supoi porli kii lo pernu ravi. #----------Notes-------------------- #I didn't spend much time thinking about the meter and alliteration in this last block. Probably this will lead #to some fixes. #vurfamva, far-famed, renowned #the stress on bragarsu'o might help the alliteration # as in "supoi porli" is proposed short scope . #"supo porli guo" also works but needs the closure to avoid #picking up the subsequent relative clauses. #-------formatted for parsing---------- Inumoi, la Surpoi je lo Clivi, ja la Nu Gankaotaa Rarpoi gui madzo lepo levi mrenu ga vurfamva. La Cild, papa farfu su famva sunho Le namci je la Beov, nu djano ravi lo Nordi, Ice ra junti bragarsu'o foi selkurni lia tio, e frezi donsu nia lepo ga clivi ga lebei farfu. Inurau, fa gu, na lepo bei laldo guo, na lepo ga satci ga lopo kamda gi su saltai kadkii vi bei fa stali, e jugra lebei clina. Lo bivdu ji nu ganble ga durfoa supoi porli kii lo pernu ravi. #------------------------------------------------- La Cild, pa folroa piazena lepo leCai ckemo ga kamla guo,\ ice Cai nufunu kasgoi\ ba vi lepo Cai nu klipu la Surpoi. LeCai dorkamda kaogru\ pa durzo le nu korji je Cai\ jue na lepo Cai nufunu lilmao lo daski. I kei bardji berti vi la Bakvla Kuspykro\ Cai jio kei konrispe, e ji piazu garni kei. #---------Notes--------------- #I put some thought into alliteration in this #section, though there tend to be too many syllables. #piazena is a coinage of mine...right up to a time #Bakvla instead of Mursi is driven by alliteration #note uses of nufunu-- #nufunu kasgoi (cross over (unstated medium) to goal...) #nufunu lilmao (legislate...for a community) #linking a modifier with jue (jue na...) is supported by #my parser and not by LIP. Su dejdua skofoa boufre pia flofu vi le harko,\ e bisli respli, e, fazi clekaa, e botci dii su bragarsuo. Dei tecmao ledei nu cluva surpoi vi leCai botci,\ e lelsea Cai vi le safpolji ji vi le midspa je le grobou,\ dii Cai ji le groda djedua donsu.