niselak

This is my conlang (specifically an engilang), niselak, that started its life in a random TXT file on my desktop on November 7, 2018.

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Table of Contents

Phonetics

All pronunciations are listed in "<IPA> or <X-SAMPA>".

Vowels

Other letters

Orthography

Letters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Numbers 0-9: 0123456789

Morphology

Each word is made of:

  1. one-letter part of speech
  2. one-letter root category
  3. multisyllabic root (one consonant and one vowel per syllable)
  4. one-letter terminator
  5. optional syllabic suffixes (one vowel and one consonant per syllable)

Parts of speech

Words starting with <prefix> are <part of speech>

Root categories

After the prefix comes the root. Roots are described next section, but they fall into six prefixed categories - roots that start with <letter> are categorized as <category>:

Root termination

All roots are terminated by k. Before the k, all syllables are C-V; after the k, all syllables are V-C. It is up to the speaker to decide whether the k is the start or end of the single C-V-C syllable (though this is really only relevant in singing).

Suffixes

All suffixes are optional unless otherwise noted. Legal suffixes are shown below, in their default order:

Suffixes Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions
Case
Tense
Certainty
Mood
Count
Intensity
Direction 1️⃣ 1️⃣ 1️⃣ 1️⃣ 2️⃣
Opinion

Notes:

  1. The positive and negative directions are required for some words, and the reverse direction is optional for some words. Directions are forbidden for the rest.
  2. The reverse direction may be used on joining conjunctions to invert the meaning (but not the bare joiner, since there is no meaning to invert). For example, reverse-"and" is NAND.

Granularity function

Some of the suffixes that follow can be repeated for granularity. Specifically, each subsequent suffix has half the effect of the one before it (such that the maximum distance from neutral is twice the effect of any suffix). The following Python function can be used to compute the granularity exactly.

def granularity(suffix_string: str, less: str, equal: str, more: str) -> float:
	"""Example: less-more and equal-less both produce -0.5"""
	result = 0
	power = 1
	last_suffix = None
	for vowel, consonant in zip(*[iter(suffix_string)]*2):
		suffix = vowel + consonant
		if last_suffix != suffix:
			power /= 2
		last_suffix = suffix
		if suffix == less: # lower than previous level
			result -= power
		elif suffix == more: # higher than previous level
			result += power
		elif suffix == equal: # same
			pass # doesn't change result, but could change power
		else:
			raise ValueError(suffix)
	return result

Case

Two sets of case suffixes coexist: relative, -u-, and absolute, -i-.

The use of these suffixes is described more fully in the discussion of syntax.

Tense

eb can be added after any previous tense to signify the perfect:

Suffix Tense it signifies English example
ebeb past perfect "had done"
eneb present perfect "have done"
efeb future perfect "will have done"

ec signifies the continuous of the entire tense before it:

Suffix Tense it signifies English example Suffix Tense it signifies English example
ebec past continuous "was doing" ebebec past perfect continuous "had been doing"
enec present continuous "is doing" enebec present perfect continuous "have been doing"
efec future continuous "will be doing" efebec future perfect continuous "will have been doing"

More generally, tense is a granularity function defined as tense = lambda suffixes: granularity(suffixes.removesuffix('ec'), 'eb', 'en', 'ef'). For example, "future perfect" is the same as "present future" (both with granularity value +0.5).

Certainty

An approximation of epistemic modality.

This is a granularity function defined as certainty = lambda suffixes: granularity(suffixes, 'ym', 'yl', 'yn'). However, unlike other granularity functions, the default (unmarked) certainty is "known", not the neutral "likely".

Mood

An approximation of deontic modality.

If not specified, the word takes no mood. The first person pronoun is implied to be the thing intending/requesting/willing/etc., unless modified with kymok and a different subject. For clarity:

niselak English niselak English
vupakyc nopepik I intend that I leave vupakycyc nopepik I shall ensure that I leave
kymok vupakyc nopepok nopepik They intend that I leave kymok vupakycyc nopepok nopepik They shall ensure that I leave
vupakyd nopepuk I ask that you leave vupakydyd nopepuk I order that you leave
kymok vupakyd nopepok nopepuk They ask that you leave kymok vupakydyd nopepok nopepuk They order that you leave
vupakyv nopepik I'm okay if I leave vupakyvyv nopepik I wish that I leave
kymok vupakyv nopepok nopepik They're okay if I leave kymok vupakyvyv nopepok nopepik They wish that I leave

Count

If not specified, the word takes no count. anas (many, one) means a collective noun, e.g. "skeleton" is nelisugoqekanas - which can be further pluralized: "skeletons" is nelisugoqekanasan

Intensity

Intensity is a granularity function defined as intensity = lambda suffixes: granularity(suffixes, 'on', 'ot', 'op').

Direction

This is used to condense vocabulary. A lot of words in other languages basically mean the same thing, but are in different directions. In niselak, instead of using two words like "enter" and "exit", just use one word vupak and add a direction suffix - vupakep is "exit" (because ep is outwards), and vupakeg is "enter" (because eg is inwards).

The es suffix exists because some words have inherent non-nullable direction, so es negates its default.

Opinion

Also used to condense vocabulary, and also a granularity function, defined as opinion = lambda suffixes: granularity(suffixes, 'ag', 'at', 'ap').

Combined with direction and intensity, this collapses words like "large" (outwards), "fat" (outwards negative), "small" (inwards), "tiny" (intense inwards) into one single root for "size" - each of the previous would have the endings ep, epag, eg, and opeg, all with the same root.

Syntax

A binary tree syntax inspired by that of Goptjaam is used, without any other features of that language. Instead, the binary tree is linearized row by row, left to right, using case markings to account for gaps in rows. Many properties of the tree structure are different from Goptjaam due to its lack of explicit part-of-speech markers.

Linearization

For the following tree (where the diamond is a gap in the tree):

stateDiagram-v2
	state gap <<choice>>

	Verb1 --> Noun1
	Verb1 --> Noun2
	Noun1 --> Adjective1
	Noun1 --> gap
	Noun2 --> Adjective2
	Noun2 --> Noun3

Some examples of how this tree can be rendered with the correct case suffixes:

For the following tree:

stateDiagram-v2
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>
	state gap3 <<choice>>
	state gap4 <<choice>>

	Verb1 --> Noun1
	Verb1 --> Noun2
	Noun1 --> Noun3
	Noun1 --> gap1
	Noun2 --> Noun4
	Noun2 --> gap2
	Noun3 --> gap3
	Noun3 --> Adjective1
	Noun4 --> Adjective2
	Noun4 --> gap4

The minimal relatively-marked renderings would be "Verb1 Noun1 Noun2 Noun3 Noun4-ut Adjective1-unut Adjective2". Noun4 is the same as Adjective1 in the previous example. Adjective1 here skips to the next level of the tree, then additionally skips the first available spot, so it requires two relative suffixes. Adjective2 requires no suffixes at all because it is in the next available spot; even though the gap to the right of Noun1 would have two children in a complete tree, gaps in the tree cannot be modified, so the next available spot is left of Noun4. (Theoretically, if Noun4 was a verb instead, Adjective2 would skip the spots under it, too, since adjectives cannot modify verbs.) Of course, absolute cases could have been used on the same words to the same effect, but they would have been one syllable longer per word in this case.

Basic tree structure

With linearization out of the way, the rest of the syntax rules relate to the structure of the tree. The basic rules are:

Relative clauses

When a verb modifies a noun, the verb is the root of a relative clause, and a noun relativizer nyrek modifies the verb where the modified noun would be.

stateDiagram-v2
	nr1: [noun relativizer]
	nr2: [noun relativizer]

	went --> person
	went --> home
	person --> saw
	saw --> I
	saw --> nr1
	person --> threw
	threw --> nr2
	threw --> ball

The above tree might be rendered in English as "The person, which I saw [relativizer], [and] which [relativizer] threw the ball, went home," or in proper order as "went person home saw threw I-un [relativizer] [relativizer] ball."

A verb relativizer vyrek may be used in place of a noun to package one or more full sentences into what is essentially a noun.

stateDiagram-v2
	vr: [verb relativizer]

	is --> vr
	is --> bad
	vr --> throw
	vr --> bite
	throw --> you
	throw --> people
	bite --> dog
	bite --> me

The above tree might be rendered in English as "you throwing people, and the dog biting me, are bad," or in proper order as "is [relativizer] bad throw bite you-un people dog me."

Bracketing

Compare the following trees.

stateDiagram-v2
	state gap <<choice>>
	ball1: ball
	ball2: ball
	big1: big
	big2: big
	red1: red
	red2: red

	ball1 --> big1
	ball1 --> red1
	[bracketer] --> ball2
	[bracketer] --> red2
	ball2 --> big2
	ball2 --> gap

The tree on the left corresponds to a "big red ball". That is, the ball is big and red. The tree on the right corresponds to a "red big ball". That is, the "big ball" is modified as a whole to be red.

The [bracketer] is kybak, except its part of speech must agree with the top-level thing it brackets, i.e. in this case it would be the noun bracketer nybak. The thing it brackets modifies it from the left, and modifiers for the bracketed thing go on its right. Any suffixes other than case must, however, still be applied to the thing being bracketed, not the bracketer.

Grammar

The grammar that used to be here is horrendously out of date, and is hidden until it is brought up to date.

_			= 1*WSP
toplevel	= question / statement
question	= flow "?"
statement	= flow ("." / %x0a)
flow		= 1*([controlflow] (sentence / expression))
sentence	= {verbexp [_ expression / expression _] [_ expression / expression _] [_ expression / expression _] [_ expression / expression _]}
expression	= nounexpr / verbexpr / nounexp
verbexp		= *([controlflow] adverb _) verb *(_ "kycak" _ verbexp)
nounexp		= *(possessive _) (*[controlflow] adjective _) noun *(_ "kycak" _ nounexp)
verbexpr	= "kyvakeg" [nounsuffixes] _ sentence _ "kyvakep"
nounexpr 	= "kynakeg" [nounsuffixes] _ sentence _ "kynakep" [case] [gender]
posessive	= expression
adjective	= "d" vocabulary terminator [adjsuffixes]
noun		= "n" vocabulary terminator [nounsuffixes]
adverb		= "b" vocabulary terminator [advsuffixes]
verb 		= "v" vocabulary terminator [verbsuffixes]
controlflow	= "k" vocabulary terminator [direction] [case] [count]
terminator	= "k"
vocabulary	= [vowels] *([consonants] [vowels])
vowels		= "a" / "e" / "i" / "o" / "u" / "y"
consonants	= "b" / "c" / "d" / "f" / "g" / "h" / "j" / "l" / "m" / "n" / "p" / "q" / "r" / "s" / "t" / "v" / "w" / "x" / "z"
nounsuffixes= case [count] [advsuffixes]
verbsuffixes= tense [advsuffixes]
adjsuffixes	= case [advsuffixes]
advsuffixes	= intensity [direction] [opinion]
case		= "us" / "ub" / "un" / "ut" / ([case] "up")
count		= ["as"] *("an" "as") ["an"]
gender		= "im" / "if" / "in"
tense		= 1*("eb" / "en" / "ef") ["ec"]
intensity	= 1*("on" / "ot" / "op")
direction	= "ep" / "eg" / "es"
opinion		= 1*("ap" / "at" / "ag")

Vocabulary

General notes:

a: adjectives

The base category can also be used as a vehicle for suffixes, e.g. dakopag (adjective intense negative) for "very bad".

e: science

i: abstract concepts

o: objects

u: words of motion

y: control flow

Examples

Under construction. The language changes often enough that chances are these examples are outdated relative to the current version.

In the glosses that follow,

Demonstrating if-then

Gloss

niselak Gloss Literally
vupakipididisopep pos.v cat.movement pass-doorway; !abs.rrl +int +dir intense exit
kygamik pos.conj cat.y if-then; implies
vilakebap pos.v cat.abstract describability-by; past +opn were
vibikebag pos.v cat.abstract ability; past -opn unable
nopepuk pos.n cat.object 2p; you
nimanibamenikopepag pos.d cat.abstract m3; +int +dir -opn very more volume (bad)
nopepuk pos.n cat.object 2p; you
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [verb relativizer]

Meaning

if you were fat, you couldn't escape

Literally

if you were very badly voluminous, then you were unable to intensely exit

Notes

The word "escape" is formed by declining "exit" ("pass through doorway" outwards) with intensity, and then additionally emphasized by being placed at the beginning of the sentence, necessitating the use of absolute case suffixes. (However, even without the emphasis, the word is at such an awkward part of the tree that it would have required absolute case suffixes regardless.)

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	state gap <<choice>>
	implies: conj.implies
	describability: v.describability (tense=-1, opinion=+1)
	ability: v.ability (tense=-1, opinion=-1)
	you1: n.2p
	you2: n.2p
	volume: adj.m<sup>3</sup> (dir=+1, intensity=+1, opinion=-1)
	vr: v.relativizer
	pass: v.pass doorway (dir=+1, intensity=+1)

	implies --> describability
	implies --> ability
	describability --> you1
	describability --> volume
	ability --> you2
	ability --> vr
	vr --> pass
	vr --> gap

Demonstrating bracketing and numbers

Gloss

niselak Gloss Literally
nybak pos.n cat.y bracketer; [bracketer]
nilepekop pos.n cat.abstract leader; +int intense leader
kygak pos.conj cat.y joiner; [joiner]
direbicicak pos.adj cat.abstract Catholicism; Catholic
dimanunajajikut pos.adj cat.abstract number-19Bdozenal; rel.t 263
debilikeg pos.adj cat.science life; -dir dead

Meaning

263 dead Popes

Literally

263 nonliving Catholic high-leader

Notes

The word "Pope" is formed by bracketing "Catholic leader[intense]", to which the modifiers "263" and "dead" are then applied. No plural marking is necessary as the number implies it anyway.

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	state gap <<choice>>
	bracketer: n.bracketer
	leader: n.leader (intensity=+1)
	joiner: conj.joiner
	Catholic: adj.Catholicism
	263: adj.number-19B<sub>dozenal</sub>
	dead: adj.life (direction=-1)

	bracketer --> leader
	bracketer --> joiner
	leader --> Catholic
	leader --> gap
	joiner --> 263
	joiner --> dead

Demonstrating all parts of speech

Gloss

niselak Gloss Literally
vipokebegag pos.v cat.abstract possession; past -dir -opn took away (bad)
kygak pos.conj cat.y joiner; [joiner]
nebilikep pos.n cat.science life; +dir life
nopepik pos.n cat.object 1p; I
bigikopegag pos.adv cat.abstract violence; +int -dir -opn violently (bad)
nitipekeg pos.n cat.abstract info-transferer; -dir information receiver's
dinikidisisegag pos.adj cat.abstract intelligence; abs.rll -dir -opn nonintelligent (bad)

Meaning

I brutally killed an idiotic student

Literally

I very-violently took stupid information-receiver's life

Notes

A student is someone who transfers information inwards. The tree has many gaps because the student is stupid, not their life. The joiner is used on the left to reduce the number of gaps (if it was on the right, "stupid" would be an additional level down), but "stupid" is still in an awkward enough position that it demands absolute case (relative case would take 5 suffixes).

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>
	took: v.possession (tense=-1, direction=-1, opinion=-1)
	joiner: conj.joiner
	life: n.life (direction=+1)
	I: n.1p
	violently: adv.violence (intensity=+1, direction=-1, opinion=-1)
	student: n.info-transferer (direction=-1)
	stupid: adj.intelligence (direction=-1, opinion=-1)

	took --> joiner
	took --> life
	joiner --> I
	joiner --> violently
	life --> student
	life --> gap1
	student --> stupid
	student --> gap2

Demonstrating all root categories, as well as noun-expressions

Gloss

niselak Gloss Literally
vilak pos.v cat.abstract describability-by; is
nebiliqafak pos.n cat.science canis-familiaris; dog
dinekepeg pos.adj cat.abstract intelligence; +dir +opn smart
vutokebep pos.v cat.movement throw/catch; past +dir threw
nyrekun pos.n cat.y relativizer; rel.n [noun relativizer]
nok pos.n cat.object; object
darotutep pos.adj cat.adjective roundness; rel.tt +dir round

Meaning

the dog that threw the ball is smart

Literally

dog [which threw round object] is smart

Notes

This is a really awkward tree, but two relative cases are enough to handle it. The noun relativizer would modify "dog" if unmarked, so the skip-level case is used. "Round" would modify the relativizer if unmarked, so two spots are skipped to modify "object" instead.

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	is: v.describability-by
	dog: n.*canis-familiaris*
	smart: adj.intelligence (direction=+1, opinion=+1)
	threw: v.throw/catch (tense=-1, direction=+1)
	nr: n.relativizer
	object: n.object
	round: adj.roundness (direction=+1)
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>

	is --> dog
	is --> smart
	dog --> threw
	dog --> gap1
	threw --> nr
	threw --> object
	object --> round
	object --> gap2

Demonstrating verb-expressions

Gloss

niselak Gloss Literally
vilak pos.v cat.abstract describability-by; is
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [verb relativizer]
dakag pos.adj cat.adjective; -opn bad
vutokep pos.v cat.movement throw/catch; +dir throw
nopekunut pos.n cat.object person; rel.nt person

Meaning

throwing people is bad

Literally

[throw person] is badness

Notes

Only new thing to note is the use of the bare adjective category as a word of its own. This is used for words like "bad" or "intense" where the meaning is conveyed entirely through the suffixes for opinion and intensity, respectively. "Person" would modify the relativizer if unmarked, so it needs to skip a line and a spot to modify "throw".

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	is: v.describability-by
	vr: v.relativizer
	bad: adj.adjective (opinion=-1)
	throw: v.throw/catch (direction=+1)
	people: n.person
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>

	is --> vr
	is --> bad
	vr --> throw
	vr --> gap1
	throw --> gap2
	throw --> people

Article 1 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Gloss

First sentence:
niselak Gloss Literally
kygacak pos.conj cat.y and; and
vilakynyn pos.v cat.abstract describability-by; ++cert definitely are
vipokynyn pos.v cat.abstract possession; ++cert definitely have
nebilijosakan pos.n cat.science homo-sapiens; plural humans
d0000k pos.adj cat.TODO free/TODO; free
nopenak pos.n cat.object 3p(1st); they
kymok pos.conj cat.y modifier; [modifier]
vebiporebik pos.v cat.science live-birth; born
kygacakut pos.conj cat.y and; rel.t and
dimapocek pos.adj cat.abstract equality; equal
nyrekut pos.n cat.y relativizer; rel.t [relativizer]
n0000k pos.n cat.TODO dignity/TODO; dignity
n0000kan pos.n cat.TODO right/TODO; plural rights

Second sentence:

niselak Gloss Literally
kygacak pos.conj cat.y and; and
vipokynyn pos.v cat.abstract possession; ++cert definitely have
kymok pos.conj cat.y modifier; [modifier]
nopenak pos.n cat.object 3p(1st); they
kygacak pos.conj cat.y and; and
v0000kefyd pos.v cat.TODO act/TODO; future dir×1 should act
nopepek pos.n cat.object 0p; [passivizer]
nilokutut pos.n cat.abstract logic/reason; rel.tt reason
n0000k pos.n cat.TODO conscience/TODO; conscience
kygak pos.conj cat.y joiner; [joiner]
b0000k pos.adv cat.TODO sibling/TODO; sibling-ly
nopepekidisisis pos.n cat.object 3p(1st); abs.rlll they
nopepekes pos.n cat.object 3p(1st); !dir themselves

Meaning

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Literally

humans [which are born] are free, and they have equal (dignity and rights). they have reason and conscience, and they are requested to act on themselves sibling-ly

Notes

Trees

stateDiagram-v2
	and1: conj.and
	are1: v.describability-by (certainty=+1.5)
	have1: v.possession (certainty=+1.5)
	humans: n._homo-sapiens_ (plural)
	free: adj.(free)
	they1: n.3p1
	modifier1: conj.modifier
	born: v.reproduction
	and2: conj.and
	equal: adj.equality
	nr: n.relativizer
	dignity: n.(dignity)
	rights: n.(rights) (plural)
	and3: conj.and
	have2: v.possession (certainty=+1.5)
	modifier2: conj.modifier
	they2: n.3p1
	and4: conj.and
	act: v.(act) (tense=+1, mood=directive×1)
	passive: n.0p
	reason: n.reason
	conscience: n.(conscience)
	joiner: conj.joiner
	brotherly: adv.(sibling)
	they3: n.3p1
	themselves: n.3p1 (direction=reversed)
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>

	[*] --> and1
	and1 --> are1
	and1 --> have1
	are1 --> humans
	are1 --> free
	have1 --> they1
	have1 --> modifier1
	humans --> born
	humans --> gap1
	modifier1 --> and2
	modifier1 --> equal
	born --> gap2
	born --> nr
	and2 --> dignity
	and2 --> rights
	[*] --> and3
	and3 --> have2
	and3 --> modifier2
	have2 --> they2
	have2 --> and4
	modifier2 --> act
	modifier2 --> passive
	and4 --> reason
	and4 --> conscience
	act --> joiner
	act --> brotherly
	joiner --> they3
	joiner --> themselves

They’re calling it the least comprehensible achievement of all time.

Also a tree more complicated than the damn UN human rights declaration...

Gloss

niselak Gloss Literally
vilapokenyn pos.v cat.abstract identicality-to; present +cert is now known to be
ninajuholiviharodarigok pos.n cat.abstract name-OliviaRodrigo; Olivia Rodrigo
kymok pos.conj cat.y modifier; [modifier]
kysekutut pos.conj cat.y selector; rel.tt such that
dimanonak pos.adj cat.abstract ordinal-1dozenal; first
nopek pos.n cat.object person; person
vudatak pos.v cat.motion point-in-time; was at
v0000kuneb pos.v cat.TODO debut/TODO; rel.n past debuted
d0000k pos.adj cat.TODO female/TODO; female
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [relativizer]
nepitik pos.n cat.science time; time
nyrek pos.n cat.y relativizer; [relativizer]
kysek pos.conj cat.y selector; such that
vimapogekututeg pos.v cat.abstract compared-or-equal; rel.tt -dir being at lowest
vyrekut pos.v cat.y relativizer; rel.t [relativizer]
n0000kunututan pos.n cat.TODO song/TODO; rel.ntt plural songs
vudatak pos.v cat.motion point-in-time; was at
nopedisisisidisik pos.n cat.object 3p(rlllrl); them (the songs)
nopedisisisididisisidik pos.n cat.object 3p(rlllrrllr); them (Hot 100's 10th song)
v0000keb pos.v cat.TODO debut/TODO; past having debuted
vimapogekuneg pos.v cat.abstract compared-or-equal; rel.n -dir are at latest
vyrekut pos.v cat.y relativizer; rel.t [relativizer]
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [relativizer]
nopedisisisidisikutututut pos.n cat.object 3p(rlllrl); rel.tttt them (the songs)
nyrekun pos.n cat.y relativizer; rel.n [relativizer]
n0000k pos.n cat.TODO song/TODO; song
vimapogekeg pos.v cat.abstract compared-or-equal; -dir being at lowest
vimapogekutep pos.v cat.abstract compared-or-equal; rel.t +dir at least
nopesikun pos.n cat.object 3p(l); rel.n her
dimanojek pos.adj cat.abstract ordinal-Adozenal; 10th
nopedisisisidisik pos.n cat.object 3p(rlllrl); them (the songs)
n0000k pos.n cat.TODO song/TODO; song
nepitik pos.n cat.science time; time
nepitiwek pos.n cat.science week; week
ninajujotawanajanadaredakutututututut pos.n cat.abstract name-Hot100; rel.tttttt Hot 100
dimanojek pos.adj cat.abstract ordinal-Adozenal; 10th
dimanunakutut pos.adj cat.abstract number-1dozenal; rel.tt one

Meaning

Olivia Rodrigo becomes the first woman in history to debut her first ten top 10 Hot 100 hits in the top 10.

Literally

OliviaRodrigo is now known to be the first female person [which debuted songs [which are at-or-before her 10th song] such that [[them (the songs) being at-or-above the Hot100's 10th song] was at [time at-least one week]]] such that [[them (the songs) being at-or-above it (the Hot100's 10th song)] was at [them (the songs) having debuted]'s time]

Notes

Possibly the most powerful demonstration of the unambiguous-ness of this tree-based syntax, and also why it's completely unnatural and to a large extent hilariously impractical. This is the first demonstration of the "such that" conjunction, which in this case selects the person whose songs debuted in the top 10, and the songs that were in the top 10 any week. This is also the first real demonstration of the name transliteration system; "Hot 100" is treated as the name "Hot One Hundred" and thus gets a really long transliteration, which is not helped by its extremely awkward place in the tree, necessitating a lot of case suffixes.

Trees

stateDiagram-v2
	becomes: v.identicality-to (tense=0, certainty=+1)
	olivia: n.name-OliviaRodrigo
	becomes_modifier: conj.modifier
	modifier_selector: conj.selector
	first: adj.ordinal-1<sub>dozenal</sub>
	woman: n.person
	modifier_at: v.point-in-time
	woman_debuted: v.(debut) (tense=-1)
	female: d.(female)
	modifier_vr: v.relativizer
	debuted_time: n.time
	woman_debuted_nr: n.relativizer
	woman_selector: conj.selector
	modifier_leq: v.less-than-or-equal-to
	state modifier_gap <<choice>>
	time_vr: v.relativizer
	state time_gap <<choice>>
	songs: n.(song) (count=plural)
	woman_at: v.point-in-time
	modifier_they: n.3p[the songs]
	it: n.3p[hot 100's 10th]
	time_debuted: v.(debut) (tense=-1)
	state time_vr_gap <<choice>>
	songs_leq: v.less-than-or-equal-to
	state songs_gap <<choice>>
	woman_leq_vr: v.relativizer
	woman_week_vr: v.relativizer
	time_they: n.3p[the songs]
	state time_debuted_gap <<choice>>
	songs_nr: n.relativizer
	songs_song: n.(song)
	woman_leq: v.less-than-or-equal-to
	state woman_gap <<choice>>
	geq: v.greater-than-or-equal-to
	state week_vr_gap <<choice>>
	her: n.3p[her]
	songs_tenth: adj.ordinal-A<sub>dozenal</sub>
	woman_they: n.3p[the songs]
	woman_song: n.(song)
	geq_time: n.time
	week: n.week
	hot100s: n.name-Hot100
	woman_tenth: adj.ordinal-A<sub>dozenal</sub>
	one: adj.number-1
	state week_gap <<choice>>

	becomes --> olivia
	becomes --> becomes_modifier

	becomes_modifier --> modifier_selector
	becomes_modifier --> first

	modifier_selector --> woman
	modifier_selector --> modifier_at

	woman --> woman_debuted
	woman --> female
	modifier_at --> modifier_vr
	modifier_at --> debuted_time

	woman_debuted --> woman_debuted_nr
	woman_debuted --> woman_selector
	modifier_vr --> modifier_leq
	modifier_vr --> modifier_gap
	debuted_time --> time_vr
	debuted_time --> time_gap

	woman_selector --> songs
    woman_selector --> woman_at
	modifier_leq --> modifier_they
	modifier_leq --> it
	time_vr --> time_debuted
	time_vr --> time_vr_gap

    songs --> songs_leq
    songs --> songs_gap
	woman_at --> woman_leq_vr
	woman_at --> woman_week_vr
	time_debuted --> time_they
	time_debuted --> time_debuted_gap

	songs_leq --> songs_nr
	songs_leq --> songs_song
	woman_leq_vr --> woman_leq
	woman_leq_vr --> woman_gap
	woman_week_vr --> geq
    woman_week_vr --> week_vr_gap

	songs_song --> her
	songs_song --> songs_tenth
	woman_leq --> woman_they
	woman_leq --> woman_song
	geq --> geq_time
    geq --> week

	woman_song --> hot100s
	woman_song --> woman_tenth
	week --> one
	week --> week_gap

Miscellaneous

Gloss 1

niselak Gloss Literally
vimotikap pos.v cat.abstract anticipation; +opn hope
nopepik pos.n cat.object 1p; I
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [verb relativizer]
vilakutut pos.v cat.abstract describability-by; rel.tt is
nepitinikun pos.n cat.science nighttime; rel.n nighttime
dakap pos.adj cat.adjective; +opn good
nopepuk pos.n cat.object 2p; your

Meaning

I wish you a good night

Literally

I hope your night is good

Notes

The implied meaning would be "I hope you have a good night", but the English "have" in this case is not really possession, hence the literal meaning above. If unmarked, "nighttime" would modify the relativizer, so it skips to the next level. "your" requires no markings; its position is the next legal spot (the sequence cannot jump back up a level).

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	hope: v.anticipate (opinion=+1)
	I: n.1p
	vr: v.relativizer
	is: v.describability-by
	night: n.nighttime
	good: adj.adjective (opinion=+1)
	your: n.2p
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>

	hope --> I
	hope --> vr
	vr --> is
	vr --> gap1
	is --> night
	is --> good
	night --> your
	night --> gap2

Gloss 2

niselak Gloss Literally
vimapocekec pos.v cat.abstract equals; gnomic equals
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [verb relativizer]
nimanunakeg pos.n cat.abstract 1; -dir -1
vimapopokep pos.v cat.abstract exponent; +dir exponentiate
nimanupekun pos.n cat.abstract e; rel.n e
vyrek pos.v cat.y relativizer; [verb relativizer]
vimapomukututep pos.v cat.abstract multiplication; rel.tt +dir multiply
nimanupikun pos.n cat.abstract π; rel.n π
nimanupok pos.n cat.abstract i; i

Meaning

eπi = -1

Literally

[e exponentiate [π multiply i]] always equals -1

Notes

N.B. the use of gnomic tense on "equals". As a reminder, verb expressions on mathematical operations mean their computed result. This tree requires no absolute cases, but might be more understandable with them... "e" would modify the first relativizer if unmarked, so it skips to the next level to modify "exponentiate"; "multiply" would modify "e" if unmarked, so it skips two spots to modify the second relativizer; and "π" would modify the second relativizer if unmarked, so it skips to the next level (skipping one spot would also work) to modify "multiply".

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	equals: v.equals (tense=gnomic)
	vr1: v.relativizer
	neg1: n.1 (direction=-1)
	exponentiate: v.exponent (direction=+1)
	e: n.*e*
	vr2: v.relativizer
	multiply: v.multiplication (direction=+1)
	pi: n.*π*
	i: n.*i*
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>

	equals --> vr1
	equals --> neg1
	vr1 --> exponentiate
	vr1 --> gap1
	exponentiate --> e
	exponentiate --> vr2
	vr2 --> multiply
	vr2 --> gap2
	multiply --> pi
	multiply --> i

Gloss 3

niselak Gloss Literally
vilapok pos.v cat.abstract identicality-to; is
nowak pos.n cat.object what; what
nilok pos.n cat.abstract logic/reason; reason
vyrekutut pos.v cat.y relativizer; rel.tt [verb relativizer]
vudapakunonep pos.v cat.motion vertical; rel.n -int +dir are above
noxikan pos.n cat.object thing; pl things
nocofok pos.n cat.object floor; floor
nopepuk pos.n cat.object 2p; your
nocokut pos.n cat.object container; rel.t container's
nopekunan pos.n cat.object person; rel.n pl people's
dicitinik pos.adj cat.abstract nighttime; nighttime

Meaning

why are your things on the bedroom floor?

Literally

what is [your things are above people's nighttime container's floor]'s reason?

Notes

Remember that relative direction words, used as verbs, are copulas with prepositions. You know the drill with the cases, except "vertical" actually can take either relative case (but not neither): unmarked, it would modify "reason"; relative-left could not modify "reason"; and relative-right would be redundant. Also, "people's" would modify "floor" if unmarked, "your" with relative-left, and the gap next to "your" with relative-right, so absolute case is necessary to place it correctly. Since it does not use the plucker case, "nighttime" can follow it as normal. Lacking a word for "bedroom", we use "people's nighttime container".

Tree

stateDiagram-v2
	is: v.identicality-to
	what: n.what
	reason: n.logic/reason
	vr: v.relativizer
	vertical: v.vertical (intensity=-1, direction=+1)
	things: n.thing (plural)
	floor: n.floor
	your: n.2p
	container: n.container
	people: n.person (plural)
	nighttime: n.nighttime
	state gap1 <<choice>>
	state gap2 <<choice>>
	state gap3 <<choice>>
	state gap4 <<choice>>

	is --> what
	is --> reason
	reason --> vr
	reason --> gap1
	vr --> vertical
	vr --> gap2
	vertical --> things
	vertical --> floor
	things --> your
	things --> gap3
	floor --> container
	floor --> gap4
	container --> people
	container --> nighttime

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