# (Sermon / Проповедь) TEPTAA % % [uttF: predunit: % TEPTAA] % Lo dinhosauri pa specymorcea kou hu? % % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Lo % [descpred: predunit: % dinhosauri]] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % specymorcea] % [termset: modifier: % kou % [argument1: arg1a: % hu]]]]] % [period: % ?]] % # The dinosaurs went extinct, how? Ikou, da pa norkancea lopo cluva. % % Ikou % [freemod: comma: % ,] % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % da] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % norkancea] % [termset: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % cluva]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # because they became unable to love # note the need for the comma after I da pa cikpoa lepo damfio titci,\ I da pa cikpoa lepo zavmao lepo da dzabi. % % I % [uttF: % [uttE: statement: % [subject: argument: % da] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % cikpoa] % [termset: argument: % le % po % [sentence: sentpred: % [despredD: predunit: % damfio] % [despredD: predunit: % titci % [freemod: comma: % ,]]]]]]] % I % [uttE: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % da] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % cikpoa] % [termset: argument: % le % po % [sentence: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % zavmao] % [termset: argument: % le % po % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % da] % [predicate: predunit: % dzabi]]]]]]]] % [period: % .]]] % # and they were depressedly eating each other # and they were making each other's existences bad Da pa rojmao lo muegro dante,\ I da pa rojmao lo groda rirgu. % % [uttF: % [uttE: statement: % [subject: argument: % Da] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % rojmao] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: despredE: % [despredD: predunit: % muegro] % [despredD: predunit: % dante % [freemod: comma: % ,]]]]]]] % I % [uttE: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % da] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % rojmao] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: despredE: % [despredD: predunit: % groda] % [despredD: predunit: % rirgu]]]]]] % [period: % .]]] % # they grew enormous teeth, and they grew big bottoms # note the need in some places for backslashes to continue a line. Da pa damfio cangoi lo gratrigru. % % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Da] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: despredE: % [despredD: predunit: % damfio] % [despredD: predunit: % cangoi]] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % gratrigru]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # They were depressedly roaming the mass of all great forests # (the effect of should be extreme) I pa no lopo perkri, I pa no lopo spopa, I pa no lopo rarclu. % % I % [uttF: % [uttE: modifier: % pa % [argument1: argx: % no % [arg5: abstractn: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % perkri % [freemod: comma: % ,]]]]] % I % [uttE: modifier: % pa % [argument1: argx: % no % [arg5: abstractn: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % spopa % [freemod: comma: % ,]]]]] % I % [uttE: uttC: % [terms: modifier: % pa % [argument1: argx: % no % [arg5: abstractn: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % rarclu]]]] % [period: % .]]] % # I dont think this means what is intended: "not before faith, not before hope, not before charity" # is what is said. Perhaps, "I da pa no perkri, i da pa no spopa, i da pa no rarclu" Coa lo dinhosauri pa specymorcea. % % [freemod: % Coa] % [utterance: uttF: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % dinhosauri]] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: predunit: % specymorcea]]] % [period: % .]] % # Thus (in summary), the dinosaurs became extinct Lo mamhutui pa specymorcea kou hu? % % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Lo % [descpred: predunit: % mamhutui]] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % specymorcea] % [termset: modifier: % kou % [argument1: arg1a: % hu]]]]] % [period: % ?]] % # The mammoths became extinct, how? Ikou, de pa norkancea lopo cluva. % % Ikou % [freemod: comma: % ,] % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % de] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % norkancea] % [termset: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % cluva]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # because they became unable to love I de damfio titci lo grasa. % % I % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % de] % [predicate: barepred: % [sentpred: despredE: % [despredD: predunit: % damfio] % [despredD: predunit: % titci]] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % grasa]]]] % [period: % .]] % # and they depressedly ate grass I de no pa zavmao lepo ba dzabi. % % I % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % de] % [predicate: backpred1: % [NO2: % no] % [markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % zavmao] % [termset: argument: % le % po % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % ba] % [predicate: predunit: % dzabi]]]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # and they did not make any being's existence worse ## I note that I have not checked correctness of the use of the da/de # pronoun system Lo humnu pa krani de lo jughou. % % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Lo % [descpred: predunit: % humnu]] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % krani] % [termset: terms: % [argumentA: argument: % de] % [argumentB: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % jughou]]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # Humans drove them into pit traps Ibuo uu de fablei lopo pridioblo hei. % % I % [freemod: % buo % [freemod: % uu]] % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % de] % [predicate: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % fablei] % [termset: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % pridioblo] % [termset: argument: % hei]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # I cannot find -- it is # I guess, Regrettably, they (mammoths) resigned themselves to note strike back at them (humans) # note that the speaker regrets this: does not imply sadness on the part of the mammoths. I de pa nu sitfa lo jughou, e dazpozfa lopo cankrirai \ # and they were in the pit traps and stubbornly tried to find their way out (?) # is a neologism Lopo specymorcea conoi no specymorcea. % % I % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % de] % [predicate: predicate2: % [backpred: markpred: % pa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % nu % sitfa] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % jughou % [freemod: comma: % ,]]]]] % e % [backpred: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % dazpozfa] % [termset: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % cankrirai] % [termset: argument: % Lo % po % [sentence: sentpred: % [despredB: predunit: % specymorcea] % conoi % [despredB: predunit: % no % [predunit1: % specymorcea]]]]]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # No, they stubbornly tried to guess whether they would become extinct or not. But this doesn't necessarily succeed in saying what is intended. # I suggest instead. But this doesn't replicate the rhetorical structure of the original, # which is common in natural languages and doesn't translate well into Loglan. Coa sui lo mamhutui pa specymorcea. % % [freemod: % Coa % [freemod: % sui]] % [utterance: uttF: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % mamhutui]] % [predicate: markpred: % pa % [barepred: predunit: % specymorcea]]] % [period: % .]] % # thus (in summary) the mammoths became extinct. Buo lo humni napa specymorcea kou hu? % % [freemod: % Buo] % [utterance: uttF: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % humni]] % [predicate: markpred: % napa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % specymorcea] % [termset: modifier: % kou % [argument1: arg1a: % hu]]]]] % [period: % ?]] % # But how have the humans become extinct? Ikou, di napa norkancea lopo cluva. % % Ikou % [freemod: comma: % ,] % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % di] % [predicate: markpred: % napa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % norkancea] % [termset: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % cluva]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # because they have become unable to love (comma added for the parser) I di napa nordri lepo li No, raba \ Nurvea lu ga normuotra. % % I % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % di] % [predicate: markpred: % napa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % nordri] % [termset: argument: % le % po % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % li % [utterance0: sentence: % [neghead: % [NO2: % No] % [PAUSE: % ,]] % [statement: % [subject: argument: % ra % [arg2: arg1a: % ba]] % [predicate: predunit: % Nurvea]]] % lu] % [predicate: markpred: % ga % [barepred: predunit: % normuotra]]]]]]] % [period: % .]] % #and they forgot that "Not everything is for sale" is an eternal truth Di napa resduo lo retca resfu. % % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Di] % [predicate: markpred: % napa % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % resduo] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: despredE: % [despredD: predunit: % retca] % [despredD: predunit: % resfu]]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # they have dressed in different clothes I rei ga draka lo natli go mucdraka. % % I % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % rei] % [predicate: markpred: % ga % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % draka] % [termset: argument: % lo % [descpred: % [despredE: predunit: % natli] % go % [descpred: predunit: % mucdraka]]]]]] % [period: % .]] % # and they (the clothes) were darker than the darkest night I mi na driki le sitfa \ # and I remember the place jio pa me le telfoa pe lo humni % % I % [uttF: statement: % [subject: argument: % mi] % [predicate: markpred: % na % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % driki] % [termset: argument: % [arg1a: descriptn: % le % [descpred: predunit: % sitfa]] % [argmod: argmod1: % jio % [sentence: predicate: % pa % [barepred: predunit: % me % [argument1: arg2: % [arg1a: descriptn: % le % [descpred: predunit: % telfoa]] % [argmod: argmod1: % pe % [argument1: descriptn: % lo % [descpred: predunit: % humni]]]]]]]]]]] % # which was called the earth of humanity Hoi menfremi! Hoi fumfremi! Tuo na sacgoi hu? % % [freemod: voc: % Hoi % [descpred: predunit: % menfremi]] % [period: % !] % [utterance: % [freemod: voc: % Hoi % [descpred: predunit: % fumfremi]] % [period: % !] % [utterance: uttF: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Tuo] % [predicate: markpred: % na % [barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % sacgoi] % [termset: argument: % hu]]]] % [period: % ?]]] % # Men! Women! Where are you going? Muo cnida lopo cluva. I lie All-You-Need-Is-Love. % % [uttF: % [uttE: uttD: % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % Muo] % [predicate: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % cnida] % [termset: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % cluva]]]] % [period: % .]] % I % [uttE: uttC: % [terms: argument: % lie All-You-Need-Is-Love] % [period: % .]]] % # We all need love. "All you need is love". Hoi lo humni, cikpoa lopo cluva! % % [freemod: voc: % Hoi % [argument1: descriptn: % lo % [descpred: despredE: % [despredD: predunit: % humni % [freemod: comma: % ,]] % [despredD: predunit: % cikpoa]]]] % [utterance: uttC: % [terms: argument: % lo % po % [sentence: predunit: % cluva]] % [period: % !]] % # Humans, love one another! I driklipu lepo toi normuotra. % % I % [uttF: uttD: % [sentence: barepred: % [sentpred: predunit: % driklipu] % [termset: argument: % le % po % [sentence: statement: % [subject: argument: % toi] % [predicate: predunit: % normuotra]]]] % [period: % .]] % # and remember that this is an eternal truth