Hidden Property Stress Tests

Theme: Theology & philosophy · 4 sentences.

Hidden Property A · Hidden Property — A

S028 · legacy go [la-ra-ki lo-su-mu de] du [de-ki] Because [the storm decayed the structure], result: [collapse].

Notes

ra-ki = energy-motion = violent energetic event = storm. ra (energy) + ki (motion) = energy in motion; undirected discharge of kinetic force. Natural non-volitional agent, so paired with bare de (non-intentional decay). Registered as W038.
su-mu = structure-artifact = bridge / structural edifice. From the existing compound logic: su (structure) + mu (artifact). Not separately registered; transparent.
du as full clause introducer — first test. In S011, du appeared as a prefix on a noun compound (du-machine-fail). The two-frame form above uses du [clause] symmetrically with go [clause]. This is the first attempt; the construction is grammatically suspicious because the boundary rule should apply: du [de-ki] — a result clause after a cause clause. But what returns to matrix level after? There is no matrix clause here at all. This may be a biclausal coordination structure rather than a subordinate frame. That is a new grammatical category. See grammar-pressure note P-GP-003 and open-questions.md.
Single-frame alternative is the safe canon. Following S011's established pattern: go-[cause] du-[result] using noun compounds as the minimal biclausal form. This works cleanly. The full two-frame version should be treated as provisional until the biclausal coordination rule is defined.
de as a transitive verb of sorts: la-ra-ki lo-su-mu de = "the storm decay-ed the structure." Bare de (non-intentional) with la agent and lo patient. First transitive use of de. The intentionality is absent: storms don't intend anything. Clean.

Hidden Property B · Hidden Property — B

S029 · legacy la-ma-di ta-re-ti fe-ki The river, at each recurring time, crosses its limit.

Notes

re-ti = recurring time-period = cycle, year-equivalent. The compound is transparent: re (repetition) + ti (time) = a time unit defined by recurrence. Tonesu has no registered word for "year"; re-ti routes this through the repetition primitive cleanly without borrowing. The unit implied (annually, seasonally?) is context-dependent — a feature, not a bug, given the language's preference for compositional precision.
fe-ki = reach or cross a limit = flood. The river exceeding its banks is a fe-ki event: it has crossed the boundary of its normal channel. No separate "flood" vocabulary needed.
Attempt A vs B expose the aspect grammar pressure (P-GP-002). Attempt A treats re-ti as a time adverbial (in the ta slot): safe, uses established grammar. Attempt B uses re as a prefix on the verb compound itself: uncharted. Both are compositionally plausible. The difference: Attempt A says "at recurring times, the river crosses its limit" (external frequency); Attempt B says "the river habitually limit-crosses" (internal aspect). These are distinct claims. Attempt A is canonical for now; Attempt B is flagged as pending the aspect grammar decision.
Attempt A is S029 canon. Note: makes ta-re-ti the first time-expression that uses a compound time noun (re-ti) rather than a bare placeholder gloss. Progress toward real tense/time vocabulary.

Hidden Property C · Hidden Property — C

S030 · legacy la-to-su-mu vo The archive has value.

Notes

vo as predicate adjective — first unambiguous case. la-to-su-mu vo treats vo (value/quality) as a predicate in the agent position: "agent:archive quality." This parallels the copula-by-juxtaposition pattern (lo-X state) but inverts it: here the subject is in the la slot, not lo. The pattern divergence (agent-slot vs patient-slot for state description) is new and unresolved. Both patterns are now in corpus:
lo-X state = patient undergoes state (patientive)
la-X quality = agent possesses quality (attributive?) These may be two distinct constructions with different implications, not registers of one pattern. Flag.
no-de = negate-decay = preserve / prevent degradation. no (negation) + de (decay). Head-final: the process being negated is de; no reverses it. Complement to W035 de-be (repair after decay). de-be = grow-after-decay; no-de = prevent-decay-from-occurring. First corpus use of no as a productive verbal prefix. Valuable.
wi as obligation marker. The purpose frame wi [clause] here functions differently from S016–S027. Previously: wi introduced an agent's intended outcome. Here: wi fronts the entire sentence as a prescription — "the intention [holding] is [non-decay]" — outside any specific agent's will. This approaches modal obligation. The polysemy is productive (intention and obligation share semantic space), but the agent of wi is now absent entirely. Log: when wi [clause] appears without a prior agent, its reading shifts from purpose ("in order to") toward obligation ("it is intended that"). The agent of wi is either the speaker, Tonesu convention, or normative reality — ambiguous. Needs a ruling.
vo as irreducible. The sentence works without defining value in terms of anything else. No "valuable to whom" or "valuable for what purpose" is specified. This is the primitive doing its work: vo is the assertion; it stands alone.

Hidden Property D · Hidden Property — D

S031 · legacy la-li-pu ka ru The collective acts with unity.

Notes

li-pu (from W036) = person-collective = team / group. First use as a grammatical subject without the location particle pa.
Attempt A: ru as a floating quality modifier. ka ru — the action is characterized by unity. Parallel to how vo was used predicatively in S030. ru in post-verbal position modifies the manner of the action: "they act, and the manner is ru (unified)." This would make ru an adverb-of-manner in this position — a new grammatical function for a primitive not previously used this way.
Attempt B: ru incorporated into the NP compound. la-li-pu-ru = agent:many-persons-unified. The unity is an attribute of the collective, not a description of the action. These make different claims: Attempt A says "they are acting in coordination right now"; Attempt B says "they are a unified team (and they act)."
Attempt A is preferred for the target sentence. "Acts as one" is a manner description, not a permanent attribute. Attempt A captures this; Attempt B implies permanent coherence status. But both constructions need formal rules.
pe (part) gap exposed. "Acts as one" might also be expressed using pe (part/component): the team acts such that each pe moves with the whole. But pe has no corpus use yet. Flagged.
Number/collective precision in practice. This sentence confirms the ru/pu/nu distinction is doing real work: "the team acts as one" is a ru (unity/coherence) claim, not a nu = 1 (count) claim. A hundred people can ka ru (act with unity). The English expression "as one" conflates ru with nu = 1 in a way Tonesu does not.

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