Terrence,
Henry's response was correct: the behavior you term "long-frame rationing"
(lfr) is an absolute property of J. It is not a
property of individual verbs.
Not all verbs have the same intrinsic rank (verb rank *IS* a property of
individual verbs), so given identical inputs, lfr can
occur with one verb but not another.
But lfr does __not__ depend on the definition of any specific verb, only on
that verb's rank. An arbitrary user-defined verb can
demonstrate lfr:
'abc' anything_I_like"_ 0 'defg'
This will result in
('abc' anything_I_like 'd'),
('abc' anything_I_like 'e'),
('abc' anything_I_like 'f'),
('abc' anything_I_like 'g')
But what does that tell you about the result of 'abc' anything_I_like 'd' ?
In the words of the Boss: absolutely nothing.
-Dan
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