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keeping the S, T, and prn values. The notation {X moi toi} is intended to
indicate that moi, toi, and X (for other category segments) will match content
conterparts in any order.
If we assume that the STAR-2 used by Simone is [S: Paris], [T: 1930-07-04],
[A: Simone], and [R: J.-P.], then the application of the inference STAR-2.1 to
content 10.3.1 results in the following STAR-2 content:
10.3.4 STAR-2 CONTENT To i wrote moi a letter yesterday.
verb: write
arg: toi moi letter
sem: past
mdr: yesterday
prn: 623
S: Paris
T: 1930-07-04
A: Simone de B.
R: J.-P. Sartre
prn: 623
noun: toi
fnc: write
prn: 623
noun: moi
fnc: write
prn: 623
noun: letter
fnc: write
prn: 623
adj: yesterday
mdd: write
prn: 623
Here, toi is pointing at the R value J.-P., moi is pointing at the A value Simone,
yesterday is pointing at the T value 1930-07-04, and the sem attribute of the
verb has the value past from the hear mode analysis of the surface.
As an example without any indexicals consider Simone producing the fol-
lowing utterance addressed to J.-P., using her STAR-0 content 10.1.5:
10.3.5 STAR-1 CONTENT WITHOUT INDEXICALS
Fido barked. STAR 1
For the hearer J.-P., the interpretation of this content requires adjusting Si-
mone's STAR-1 speak mode perspective to J.-P.'s STAR-2 hear mode perspec-
tive. This is based on the following STAR-2.2 inference:
10.3.6 STAR-2.2 INFERENCE FOR CONTENT WITHOUT INDEXICALS
S: L
T: D
A: N
R: O
prn: K
S: L
T: D
A: O
R: N
prn: K
verb: α
prn: K
verb: α
prn: K
J.-P. assigns Simone's STAR-1 to the input by swapping the A and R values of
his STAR-2, coding J.-P.'s perspective, with the following result:
10.3.7 STAR-2 CONTENT Fido barked.
S: Paris
T: 1930-07-03
A: J.-P. Sartre
R: Simone de B.
prn: 572
verb: bark
arg: Fido
sem: past
prn: 572
noun: Fido
fnc: bark
prn: 572
The properties of STAR-2 contents resulting from STAR-1 contents transmit-
ted in face-to-face communication may be summarized as follows:
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