The observation in the last paragraph is incorrect. A train is an isolated sequence, whether the train is a sequence of verbs or adverbs and conjunctions. This derives from a straightforward reading of Section II f of the dictionary.
----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Schott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:30 pm Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] getting nouns when I seek verbs, etc. > Raul has provided good clues. Before I read his > reply I looked automatically at > www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictf.htm (which was found > fifth when I employed Raul's search) and saw the following > figure which I have enhanced slightly in a way that I think > should have been done on the existing dictionary page > because the symbols f,g,h, and cap are not explicitly given > there (Roger, do you agree? The longest line below is the > one that I added.) > > HOOK FORK CAPPED FORK > (g h)y x(g h)y (f g h)y x(f g h)y ([: g h)y x([: g h)y > g g g g g g > / \ / \ / \ / \ | | > y h x h f h f h h h > | | | | / \ / \ | / \ > y y y y x y x y y x y > > Tracy, the comments just below the above graphic on > this Dictionary page gives the special conditions when a > fork treats a noun as if it were a verb in a fork. > > Changing the subject slightly, and addressing mostly > seasoned J users, another observation I made while viewing > this Dictionary page is that only the verb trains, not the > adverb or conjunction-noun or conjunction-verb trains, > require "An isolated sequence" to be recognized by the J > parser. That seems to be a distinction that I have not > previously noticed, but employed often. Perhaps that subtle > non-requirement would be a good addition to this Dictionary > page. > > On Thu, 17 May 2007, Raul Miller wrote: > > + > + I believe most of the pages listed at > + http://www.google.com/search?q=site:jsoftware.com+noun%20fork > + would be appropriate ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
