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Re: More about scopes



> (4)     le ci nanmu cu bevri pa tanxe goi ko'a
>         Each of the three men carries it, one box.
>
> This is very different from (1), because now they are all carrying
> the same box. Otherwise, when we next refer to ko'a we wouldn't know
> which box it was!
>
> My conclusion is that {goi} forces the scope of {pa} in this case
> to be wider than that of {ro le ci nanmu}. Am I right?

Ax, x is one of le ci nanmu, Ey, y is a box, x carries y, y = Koha.

That looks fine to me, & pa is within scope of le ci namnmu.

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