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  3.     by baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU (8.11.1/8.11.1) id g8GJwYA26683
  4.     for icon-group-addresses; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:58:34 -0700 (MST)
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  6. Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:04:26 +0200
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  10. Subject: Re: What about "Expressions?" (was Re: Icon Wish List)
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  14. Status: RO
  15.  
  16. Gene Kahn wrote:
  17. > 
  18. > Christopher Browne:
  19. > 
  20. > > If the horse was very fast, you might get:
  21. > >
  22. > > The horse raced past, the barn collapsed.
  23. > 
  24. > I'd say that's a good reading!
  25.  
  26. ... but not easy to parse!
  27.  
  28. Look for predicate: 'raced'
  29. Look for subject: 'The horse'
  30. Look for object: 'past the barn'
  31.  
  32. I don't think the above, two part meaning could be found with any
  33. 'mechanical' parser, and certainly not LL1 :-)
  34.  
  35. Atle
  36.  
  37.