The wall at first light#
The fire has stopped. Vlad is asleep on the gravel beside it. Nika is standing at the back wall with a burning stick held up in her left hand and the spear in her right. The painted panel runs along the rock about two metres up, past the four tally marks and the reference figures, and continues some three metres toward the fissure. The rows run left to right and top to bottom. Outside the cave mouth the sky is grey.
tensorflow
tensors
.safetensors
Nika
dropping the burning stick in the dead fire pit and shaking his shoulder with her hand Ovlat! Ovlat, ktha! pointing at the cave mouth, where there is movement on the slope and voices coming up it, then miming the hinge opening with both hands Semek-tu! Semek-tu, ha! taking up her spear and going to stand in the mouth of the cave with her free hand raised toward the slope Ne-e ne! Aha-ktha, ne-e ne! Aha na semek Ovlat! stepping back inside, past him, and putting three fingers on the painted row under the marks that say tensorflow, holding them there so the people coming in can see where her hand is Semek ta! Semek ta, aha-ktha!
Vlad
opening his eyes, grabbing the laptop, opening it and loading the safetensors, and configuring the program to suppress non-essential output
Tensolo
the lit face coming up, the running text going off it and the panel left clear
Nika
keeping her fingers on the painted row and turning her head to the mouth Aha-ktha, kar-nu ta! Ovlat na kar-nu ta, miht-ktha! the voices on the slope stop and start again, closer Naga-tu, kruf ta! Ne kesta! pointing at the row under tensorflow, then at the row of four circles inside the box at the bottom of the panel, then back at the machine on Vlad's knees Semek ta na semek-tu. Semek ta na semek-tu, ha!
mandrin-k runtime 06:12:51
[06:12:51] mic0 capture 9.8s, speaker voice, snr 17 dBnika "People, this high ground!" nika "Vlad is at this high ground, many days!" nika "The spear, that stone! Do not split!" nika "Those marks are the marks-instrument. Those marks are the marks-instrument, yes!"
The people arrive#
Vlad
talking to the humans arriving My name is Vlad and I am a researcher.
Tensolo
Aha Ovlat. Aha semek.
mandrin-k runtime 06:13:02
[06:13:02] in "My name is Vlad and I am a researcher." [06:13:02] seg 2 clauses [06:13:02] c1 out "aha ovlat" [06:13:02] gate 1 researcher: no agent-noun derivation [06:13:02] fall <semek>, marks-maker, as at 14:03:58 [06:13:02] c2 out "aha semek" [06:13:02] out "aha ovlat. aha semek" [06:13:02] spk0 playing 1.4s
Nika
Ha. Ovlat. Semek.
Costin
first through the mouth, stopping two paces in, a spear in his hand and a second one strapped across his back, looking at the fire pit and then at the four tally marks on the wall Nika. Nika, semek na? Aha-ke ta? Aha-ke ta na kar-nu ta?
Nika
Ne, Costin. Ne-e ne. pointing at Vlad, then at the ash, then at the marks Ovlat. Ovlat na miht-nu, miht-ktha semek. Aha na semek Ovlat, Ovlat na semek aha.
Marla
coming in behind him, no spear, a hide roll under one arm, going straight past him toward the painted panel and stopping under it with her head back Ktha! putting her hand up toward the rows and holding it there Semek ktha. Semek ktha ta!
Costin
Marla, ne. moving to put himself between her and Vlad Aha ne semek aha ta. Aha ne semek naga-tu ta.
Marla
staying under the panel Aha ne semek ta, ha. pointing at one row, then the row beneath it, then the row beneath that Ta, ta, ta. Kesta-ne ktha.
Vlad
configuring the machine to display multi-agent translations
Computer
the lit face dividing into three bands, one band coming up under each voice as it speaks
mandrin-k runtime 06:13:41, diarisation
[06:13:41] param runtime.diarisation = ON [06:13:41] mic0 capture 34.8s, 3 speaker voices, snr 16 dB [06:13:41] diar S1 = nika, matched against session 0007, cosine 0.94 [06:13:41] diar S2 = new voice, male, lower f0 [06:13:41] diar S3 = new voice, female, higher f0 than S1 [06:13:42] lex S2 named by S1: costin [06:13:42] lex S3 named by S2: marla [06:13:42] lex lexicon 50 -> 52 typesnika "Yes. Vlad. Marks-maker." costin "Nika. Nika, do you make marks?" costin "Is that a person cut off? Is that person cut off at this high ground?" nika "No, Costin. Not dangerous." nika "Vlad. Vlad is at a fire place, the marks of many days." nika "I make marks at Vlad, Vlad makes marks at me." marla "Many!" marla "Marks beyond counting. Those marks beyond counting!" costin "Marla, no." costin "I have not seen that person. I have not seen that spear." marla "I have not seen that, yes." marla "That, that, that. Joined beyond counting."
Tensolo#
Marla
running two fingers along the first row under the tensorflow marks, left to right, then dropping to the start of the next row and doing the same Kesta-ne. Kesta-ne ta. turning to Nika Semek na? Semek ktha na semek na?
Nika
coming off the entrance and standing beside her at the wall Ha. Semek ktha na semek. pointing at the single circle, then the row of four, then the block of twelve Ktha. Ktha aha. Ktha aha semek. Ktha-ke.
Costin
near the mouth, watching Vlad's hands on the machine Ne-e na?
mandrin-k runtime 06:13:52
[06:13:52] mic0 capture 26.4s, 3 speaker voices, snr 16 dBmarla "Joined. That joined thing." marla "Do you make marks? Do the marks beyond counting make marks?" nika "Yes. The marks beyond counting make marks." nika "One. Two. Many. Beyond counting." costin "Is it dangerous?"
Vlad
pointing at the tensorflow drawing The marks describe the marks-maker. Name is tensorflow-py, tensorflow.
Computer
Semek ta na semek-tu. Semek ta, Tensolo.
Marla
Tensolo. saying it again while looking at the rows Semek ta na Tensolo. Tensolo na semek semek-tu.
Nika
Semek-tu, ha. putting her hand on the machine on Vlad's knees Kruf ta na semek. Semek ne, kesta-ne ne.
Costin
coming three steps further in and looking up at the panel for the first time Aha ne semek Tensolo. Tensolo na kar-nu na?
Marla
Tensolo na kar-nu ta. Tensolo na semek ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:14:09
[06:14:09] in "The marks describe the marks-maker. Name is tensorflow-py, tensorflow." [06:14:09] seg 2 clauses [06:14:09] gate 1 describe: no entry [06:14:09] fall marks with a thing as their object, sheet 19/B panel 4 [06:14:09] c1 out "semek ta na semek-tu" [06:14:09] gate 6 coinage without referent: referent present and pointed at PASS [06:14:09] phon tensorflow: 4 syllables outside inventory, reduced [06:14:09] phon tensorflow -> tensolo [06:14:09] lex writing entry: tensolo, proper noun, the painted rows [06:14:09] lex status PROVISIONAL, confidence 0.30 [06:14:09] lex lexicon 52 -> 53 types [06:14:09] out "semek ta na semek-tu. semek ta, Tensolo" [06:14:09] spk0 playing 2.8s[06:14:20] mic0 capture 22.6s, 3 speaker voices, snr 16 dB [06:14:20] lex tensolo returned by 2 speakers unprompted, 4 occurrences [06:14:20] lex status PROVISIONAL -> ATTESTED, confidence 0.30 -> 0.81 [06:14:20] warn two speakers put Tensolo in the slot that takes a person.marla "Tensolo." marla "Those marks are Tensolo." marla "Tensolo makes marks at the marks-instrument." nika "The marks-instrument, yes." nika "That stone speaks. Its speech is wrong, it is not finished." costin "I have not seen Tensolo." costin "Is Tensolo at the high ground?" marla "Tensolo is here. Tensolo is those marks."
Not a person#
Vlad
Tensolo is not a human.
Tensolo
Tensolo na aha ne.
Marla
Ne. Tensolo na aha ne, ha. Tensolo na semek ta. Semek ta na aha ne. lifting her chin at Nika's spear on the gravel Naga-tu na aha ne. Naga-tu na aha.
Costin
Tensolo na semek semek-tu. looking from the panel to the machine and back Tensolo na aha ne na?
Nika
pointing at Vlad Ovlat na aha. Ovlat na semek. moving her hand to the machine Semek-tu na aha ne. up to the wall Semek ta na aha ne. Kruf ta na semek, kruf ta na aha ne.
mandrin-k runtime 06:14:47
[06:14:47] in "Tensolo is not a human." [06:14:47] seg 1 clause, proper noun + negated predicate [06:14:47] lex human: <aha>, <aha-ktha> [06:14:47] gate 1 a named party that is not a person has no attested class [06:14:47] fall negating the person term directly [06:14:47] out "Tensolo na aha ne" [06:14:47] warn <ne> short reads as a mistaken naming, as at 14:02:52 [06:14:47] spk0 playing 1.6s[06:14:58] mic0 capture 26.1s, 3 speaker voices, snr 16 dBmarla "Wrong." marla "Tensolo is not a person, yes." marla "Tensolo is those marks. The marks are not a person." marla "The spear is not a person. The spear has me." costin "Tensolo makes marks at the marks-instrument." costin "Is Tensolo not a person?" nika "Vlad is a person. Vlad makes marks." nika "The marks-instrument is not a person." nika "Those marks are not a person." nika "That stone speaks and that stone is not a person."
Vislani#
Vlad
turning off the camera, unplugging its hard drive and playing the recording of the night just before sunrise
Tensolo
the lit face carrying the recording of the night, moving, no sound, running five minutes and eighteen seconds off the drive on the gravel
Nika
going down on her heels in front of the lit face and staying there Aha ta. Aha ta, aha na ta. pointing at the dead fire pit on the lit face, then at the dead fire pit beside her Miht ontu. Miht ta, miht ontu ne. watching the small figure raise the burning stick to the wall, and looking up at the wall itself Aha ta, kruf-me miht. Aha ta, semek. Aha ne semek ta. Semek, aha na semek ta.
Marla
coming to stand over her shoulder Nika ta. Nika na kar-nu ta, Nika na ta. Nika ktha aha na?
Costin
Ne-e.
Nika
Ne-e ne. Semek-tu na semek aha. Miht ontu ktha. Ovlat na tesu, semek-tu na semek. putting her hand on the edge of the machine Kruf ta na aha.
mandrin-k runtime 06:15:24, playback
[06:15:24] param playback: /dev/sdb1/rec_0006.mkv [06:15:24] param segment 05:41:12 to 05:46:30, 5m 18s [06:15:24] visual lit face, moving image, no sound [06:15:24] warn stage 9 rule: no playback of speaker audio without a present [06:15:24] warn source. Sound is off. Moving image is outside the rule. [06:15:24] display running 5m 18s[06:15:31] mic0 capture 41.2s, 3 speaker voices, snr 16 dBnika "That is me. That is me, I am here." nika "The fire is finished. There is the fire, it is not finished." nika "That is me, the burning stick. That is me, the marks." nika "I have not seen that." nika "Marks, and me inside the marks." marla "That is Nika. Nika is here, Nika is there." marla "Two Nikas?" costin "Dangerous." nika "Not dangerous." nika "The marks-instrument makes marks at me. All night." nika "Vlad sleeps, the marks-instrument makes marks." nika "That stone has me."
Two stones#
Vlad
pointing at the camera Name of that stone is Vislani. Vislani connects to marks-maker.
Tensolo
Kruf ta, Vislani. Vislani na kesta-ne semek.
Nika
putting one finger on the camera body and leaving it there Vislani. Kruf ta, Vislani, ha. Vislani na semek-tu ne. Vislani na kruf. moving the finger onto the machine Vislani na kesta-ne semek-tu. back to the camera, then to the lit face, then to herself Vislani na semek aha, semek-tu na semek ta.
Marla
Vislani. Tensolo. Ktha aha. holding up two fingers and bringing them together Vislani na Tensolo kesta-ne na?
Costin
coming the rest of the way in and putting the second spear down against the wall Aha ne semek kruf na kesta-ne kruf.
mandrin-k runtime 06:16:02
[06:16:02] in "Name of that stone is Vislani. Vislani connects to marks-maker." [06:16:02] seg 2 clauses [06:16:02] gate 6 referent present and pointed at: PASS [06:16:02] phon vislani: within inventory, no reduction [06:16:02] lex writing entry: vislani, proper noun, the second stone [06:16:02] lex status PROVISIONAL, confidence 0.32 [06:16:02] lex lexicon 53 -> 54 types [06:16:02] gate 1 connects to: no entry [06:16:02] fall <kesta-ne>, joining, sheet 9/A frame 4 [06:16:02] warn <semek> here carries the operator and not the machine [06:16:02] out "kruf ta, Vislani. Vislani na kesta-ne semek" [06:16:02] spk0 playing 2.9s[06:16:14] mic0 capture 29.4s, 3 speaker voices, snr 16 dB [06:16:14] lex vislani returned by 2 speakers, 5 occurrences [06:16:14] lex status PROVISIONAL -> ATTESTED, confidence 0.32 -> 0.79nika "Vislani. That stone, Vislani, yes." nika "Vislani is not the marks-instrument. Vislani is a stone." nika "Vislani joins the marks-instrument." nika "Vislani makes marks at me, the marks-instrument speaks them." marla "Vislani. Tensolo. Two." marla "Are Vislani and Tensolo joined?" costin "I have not seen a stone that joins a stone."
Unsaid marks#
Vlad
Vislani and Tensolo are not joined. The program that plays back is not Tensolo. Tensolo reads from the player.
Tensolo
Vislani na Tensolo kesta-ne ne. Ne semek ktha.
Nika
Vislani na Tensolo kesta-ne ne, ha. turning from the machine to Marla Ne semek. Ne semek ktha. Marla, semek-tu na ne semek ktha. pointing at Vlad's mouth, then at the machine Ovlat na semek, semek-tu na semek ktha ne. Ovlat na semek ktha, semek-tu na semek ktha-me.
Marla
Ne semek na?
Nika
Ha. tapping the air three times in front of her, spaced out, where nothing is Ta, ta, ta. Semek-tu na kesta-ne ne.
Costin
Kruf ta na semek ne.
Nika
Ne, ha. Ne-e ne.
mandrin-k runtime 06:16:41
[06:16:41] in "Vislani and Tensolo are not joined. The program that plays back is not Tensolo. Tensolo reads from the player." [06:16:41] seg 3 clauses [06:16:41] c1 out "Vislani na Tensolo kesta-ne ne" [06:16:41] gate 1 program: no entry, no referent [06:16:41] gate 3 one thing on many machines: BLOCKED at sheet 10/D item 7 [06:16:41] c2 REFUSED [06:16:41] gate 1 reads from: taking without loss has no form, as at 14:07:18 [06:16:41] c3 REFUSED [06:16:41] decision EMIT WITH MARKER, PLURAL [06:16:41] out "Vislani na Tensolo kesta-ne ne. ne semek ktha" [06:16:41] spk0 playing 2.7s[06:16:52] mic0 capture 33.7s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dB [06:16:52] lex <ne semek> used to a third party for the first timenika "Vislani and Tensolo are not joined, yes." nika "Unsaid marks. Unsaid marks beyond counting." nika "Marla, the marks-instrument has unsaid marks." nika "Vlad speaks, the marks-instrument does not speak all of it." nika "Vlad speaks many, the marks-instrument speaks few." marla "Unsaid marks?" nika "Yes." nika "There, and there, and there." nika "The marks-instrument is not finished being joined." costin "The stone speaks wrongly." nika "Wrong, yes. Not dangerous."
Marks before the deer#
Vlad
I cannot hunt. I can only write.
Tensolo
Aha na rusa ne. Aha na semek.
Costin
counting them off on his hand Semek na rusa ne. Semek na bontu ne. Semek na kesh ne. Semek na miht-nu, miht-ktha, semek na rusa ne.
Nika
Ha. Ovlat na rusa ne. picking up her own spear, holding it across both palms, putting it down again and pointing at the wall, then at the entrance Ovlat na semek. Ovlat na semek, na rusa. Semek na ontu ne. Rusa na ontu. slower, with her hand moving left to right through the air the way the painted rows run Aha na rusa naga-tu. Ovlat na semek kar-nu, Ovlat na semek miht, Ovlat na semek rusa, na aha na rusa.
Marla
Semek na rusa ne na?
Nika
Ha. Semek na rusa ne.
Costin
Aha ne semek ta.
Nika
Aha na semek ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:17:19
[06:17:19] in "I cannot hunt. I can only write." [06:17:19] seg 2 clauses [06:17:19] lex can: no modal system, as at 14:07:18, 14:18:14, 14:20:44 [06:17:19] lex hunt: rendered as taking deer with a spear, 14:03:31 [06:17:19] lex only: sheet 12/C marked a chosen member and left the rest of the set standing, 14:18:54 [06:17:19] fall dropping both modals, stating the two activities [06:17:19] out "aha na rusa ne. aha na semek" [06:17:19] warn the inability and the restriction are both absent [06:17:19] spk0 playing 2.2s[06:17:29] mic0 capture 36.9s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dB [06:17:29] note no term for planning exists. The sense is built from order.costin "You do not take deer. You do not take bison. You do not take horse." costin "You are at a fire place, many days, and you do not take deer." nika "Yes. Vlad does not take deer." nika "Vlad makes marks." nika "Vlad makes marks, and then the deer." nika "The marks are before. The deer is after." nika "I take deer with a spear. Vlad makes marks at the high ground, Vlad makes marks at the sun, Vlad makes marks at the deer, and then I take deer." marla "Marks before the deer?" nika "Yes. Marks before the deer." costin "I have not seen that." nika "I have seen that."
The small spear#
Vlad
showing a bow This is harder to use but conserves meat. showing a tranquilizer This puts animal to sleep, cannot kill on site.
Tensolo
the two objects held up beside the lit face Rusa-ke, kesta ne. Rusa na tesu. Rusa-ke ne.
Costin
taking the bow out of Vlad's hands and turning it over twice Naga. Naga-me. holding it out at arm's length toward the cave mouth, then looking along the length of it, then at the entrance forty paces off Naga-tu ta. Rusa ta. Na?
Nika
Naga-tu ne.
Marla
taking it from him and bending the limb against her knee, watching the string Kesta-ne. Kesta-ne, kesta-ne ta. holding it out to Vlad with both hands Ovlat, semek aha.
Nika
looking at the second thing, the one Vlad has not let go of Rusa na tesu. Rusa-ke ne. saying it again with her hands apart, one for each Rusa tesu. Rusa-ke ne.
Costin
Rusa tesu na rusa-ke, na. making a walking figure of two fingers and then standing it upright Rusa tesu na kar-nu, rusa na ontu ne. Aha na semek ta.
Nika
Ha. Ne.
Marla
Rusa-ke, kesta ne. Ha. Bontu, kesta ne na?
mandrin-k runtime 06:17:58
[06:17:58] visual 2 objects held up, no image on lit face [06:17:58] in "This is harder to use but conserves meat. This puts animal to sleep, cannot kill on site." [06:17:58] seg 4 clauses [06:17:58] gate 1 harder: comparative of degree, refused at 14:13:34 c6 [06:17:58] c1 REFUSED [06:17:58] fall the meat whole against the meat cut, sheet 2 panel 4 [06:17:58] c2 out "rusa-ke, kesta ne" [06:17:58] c3 out "rusa na tesu" [06:17:58] lex can: no modal system [06:17:58] c4 out "rusa-ke ne" [06:17:58] out "rusa-ke, kesta ne. rusa na tesu. rusa-ke ne" [06:17:58] spk0 playing 3.4s [06:17:58] warn as emitted: the deer sleeps, the deer is not dead. Nothing [06:17:58] warn marks the second as a limit.[06:18:12] mic0 capture 44.1s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBcostin "A spear. A small spear." costin "The spear is here. The deer is there. How?" nika "Not with a spear." marla "Joined. Bent, and joined." marla "Vlad, show me." nika "The deer sleeps. The deer is not dead." nika "A sleeping deer. Not a dead deer." costin "A sleeping deer is a dead deer, after." costin "A sleeping deer stands up and runs." costin "I have seen that." nika "Yes. That is wrong." marla "The deer whole, not cut. Yes." marla "Bison, whole?"
The deer goes down#
Vlad
pulling out the tranquilizer and shooting a deer eating grass on the slope And it's done. You can take it.
Tensolo
Ontu. Aha-ktha na rusa.
Costin
out through the mouth of the cave and thirty paces down the slope before the animal has stopped moving, then stopping short of it Rusa-ke! going around it once at a distance Rusa-ke, naga ne. Naga ne!
Marla
arriving beside him and going straight to the flank, putting two fingers on the dart Naga-me. Ta, rusa ta.
Nika
coming down behind them with her spear Rusa na tesu. Rusa-ke ne. putting it into Costin's hands and stepping back Costin, naga-tu. Rusa-ke ne.
Costin
Ha. doing it quickly and without ceremony, then crouching by the head with a hand on the animal's neck for a while Rusa-ke.
Marla
Kesta ne. Rusa-ke, kesta ne ta. running her hand along the whole length of the flank, from shoulder to haunch, finding nothing Kesta ne, ha.
Costin
standing, and looking back up the slope at Vlad in the cave mouth Ovlat. Ovlat, naga-me ta. Semek aha.
Nika
Rusa ontu. Aha-ktha na rusa. pointing down the valley, in the direction of the small high ground Miht ta na miht ta. Aha-ktha na karnu-me.
Marla
Rusa na, aha-ktha na, miht ta na miht ta na?
Nika
Ha.
mandrin-k runtime 06:18:51
[06:18:51] in "And it's done. You can take it." [06:18:51] seg 2 clauses [06:18:51] c1 out "ontu" [06:18:51] lex can: no modal system [06:18:51] c2 out "aha-ktha na rusa" [06:18:51] out "ontu. aha-ktha na rusa" [06:18:51] spk0 playing 1.6s[06:19:04] mic0 capture 51.3s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dB [06:19:04] note the kill was supplied by the speaker. The operator did not say it.costin "The deer is down!" costin "The deer is down and no spear. No spear!" marla "Small spear. There, in the deer." nika "The deer sleeps. The deer is not dead." nika "Costin, the spear. The deer is not dead." costin "Yes." costin "The deer is dead." marla "It is not cut. Whole." marla "Not cut, whole, and down." costin "Vlad. Vlad, that small spear. Show me." nika "The deer is finished. Take the deer." nika "One sun to one sun. The people at the small high ground." marla "The deer, and the people, one sun to one sun?" nika "Yes."
One deer in#
Vlad
pointing at the deer and the portable lab We do not take the deer now. We multiply it. opening a manual page on the computer on the Delta meat culturer, with pictures
Tensolo
Aha-ktha na rusa ne, miht ta. Aha-ktha na kesta rusa. Rusa-ktha. the manual page opening on the lit face, three figures and running text, no motion
Delta meat culturer, model DC-40 field unit
OPERATING MANUAL, SECTION 4: SAMPLE HANDLING AND YIELD
4.1 Sample requirement
The DC-40 requires a fresh biopsy of skeletal muscle, 4 to 6 g, taken within 90 minutes of harvest. Sample port is on the upper left face of the unit (Fig. 4.1, item 3). Insert the sample cassette until the retaining clip seats. The green indicator confirms seating.
Fig. 4.1: front elevation of the unit, ports numbered 1 to 7, cassette shown half-inserted4.2 Culture cycle
One loaded cassette runs a 15-day cycle. Yield per cycle at nominal power: 11 to 14 kg dressed weight, depending on donor species and sample quality.
Fig. 4.2: cutaway of the growth chamber, scaffold trays stacked in six tiers, nutrient line entering at the base4.3 Cycle limit
The DC-40 does not perform immortalization. Cell lines derived from a single biopsy exhaust their replicative capacity within one cycle. The unit will not run a second cycle from a spent cassette; the amber indicator will lock out at end of cycle and the cassette must be discarded.
A new biopsy is therefore required every 15 days for continuous operation. Donor animal need not be the same individual, but must be the same species for a given cassette lot.
Fig. 4.3: flow diagram, donor to biopsy to cassette to 15-day cycle to yield, with the return arrow from cycle to biopsy4.4 Nutrient
Nutrient concentrate, 2 L per cycle. Field substitution with rendered fat and hydrolysate is documented in Appendix C and reduces yield by approximately 30 percent.
4.5 Power
400 W continuous. Solar mat and battery pack supplied. At latitudes above 45 degrees in winter, expect cycle extension of 3 to 5 days.
Costin
with one hand on the carcass, and it has not moved Rusa-ke. Aha-ktha na rusa. Ne. Rusa-ke, aha-ktha na rusa ne. Ne-e.
Marla
up at the lit face Kesta rusa. Rusa-ktha na? holding up one finger, then splitting her hands apart, then apart again, each time smaller Rusa ta. Kesta. Rusa aha, me. Rusa aha aha, me-me. Rusa-ktha ne.
Nika
Ovlat na semek, na rusa. Ovlat na semek. Na rusa. putting a hand out toward Costin, palm down, and holding it there Ta.
Marla
finger on Fig. 4.3, moving along it Ta, na ta. Kesta-ne. at the box in the middle, then at the arrow going in, then the arrow coming out Rusa na ta, rusa na ta. Rusa aha na. Rusa-ktha na?
Costin
Aha ne semek ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:19:47
[06:19:47] in "We do not take the deer now. We multiply it." [06:19:47] seg 2 clauses [06:19:47] c1 out "aha-ktha na rusa ne, miht ta" [06:19:47] gate 1 multiply: splitting one into many is available, making many from one without the first becoming smaller is not [06:19:47] fall the splitting term with the plural [06:19:47] c2 out "aha-ktha na kesta rusa. rusa-ktha" [06:19:47] warn she will hear the animal divided into portions [06:19:47] visual manual page opened on lit face, 3 figures, running text [06:19:47] note fig. 4.3 matches sheet 9/C, where diagram shape was read and the operation was not [06:19:47] out "aha-ktha na rusa ne, miht ta. aha-ktha na kesta rusa. rusa-ktha" [06:19:47] spk0 playing 3.9s[06:20:01] mic0 capture 47.8s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dB [06:20:01] note fig. 4.3 read as a strip, left to right. The return arrow was not read.costin "The deer is dead. Take the deer." costin "Wrong. The deer is dead and we do not take it. Dangerous." marla "Split the deer. Many deer?" marla "One deer. Split. Two deer, small. Four deer, smaller." marla "That is not many deer." nika "Marks before the deer. Vlad makes marks. Then the deer." nika "Wait." marla "That, and that. Joined." marla "The deer goes in there and the deer comes out there." marla "One deer in. Many deer out?" costin "I have not seen that."
The drawers#
Vlad
pulling a solar panel out of his pack, a battery and an inverter I need to mount this to demonstrate. Do not touch wires. You can pull the bottom and middle drawers, they are finished.
Tensolo
Ta, ne-e. Ne-e ta. a red ring going onto the wire run and staying on it Ta, ontu. Ta, ontu. a green ring onto the third drawer, then a green ring onto the second, and a pointer arm coming out of the lit face to each of the three in turn
Nika
catching Costin's forearm before it reaches the cable run and holding it Ne-e. Ta, ne-e. Costin, ta. Ne-e. pointing at the red ring pulsing on the lit face and then at the cable itself Ne-e ta. Ne-e.
Costin
pulling his hand back and looking at the cable for a while Ne-e ta na kesh-me na?
Nika
Kesh-me ne. Ne-e.
Marla
at the green rings, one finger on each in turn Ta, ontu. Ta, ontu. going to the unit, putting a hand on the bottom drawer, then the middle one, then holding the hand over the top one and taking it away Ta na ta. Ta ne.
Marla
at the middle one, and the drawer comes out on its shaft and stops, and both hands go into it Rusa! Rusa-ktha! Rusa-ktha-ke!
Costin
Rusa na?
Marla
lifting a piece of it out and turning it over, and there is no hide on it, no fat cap, no bone, no cut edge Rusa, rusa ne. Rusa na rusa ne.
Costin
Aha ne semek ta.
Nika
Ovlat na semek, na rusa.
mandrin-k runtime 06:20:38
[06:20:38] param verbosity = 0 [output, refusals and gate lines only] [06:20:38] in "I need to mount this to demonstrate. Do not touch wires. You can pull the bottom and middle drawers, they are finished." [06:20:38] seg 4 clauses [06:20:38] gate 1 need, mount, demonstrate: no entries [06:20:38] c1 REFUSED [06:20:38] fall no imperative, no modal. <ne-e> on the object [06:20:38] c2 out "ta, ne-e. ne-e ta" [06:20:38] c3 out "ta, ontu. ta, ontu" [06:20:38] route hazard also to display, colour available [06:20:38] draw red ring on the wire run, sustained [06:20:38] draw green ring on drawer 3, green ring on drawer 2 [06:20:38] draw pointer arm extending from the lit face to each in turn [06:20:38] out "ta, ne-e. ne-e ta. ta, ontu. ta, ontu" [06:20:38] spk0 playing 3.1s[06:20:52] mic0 capture 55.6s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBnika "Dangerous. That is dangerous. Costin, that. Dangerous." nika "Red. Red is dangerous." costin "Is the red thing a snake?" nika "It is not a snake. It is dangerous." marla "Green. Green is finished." marla "That one and that one. Not that one." marla "Meat! Meat beyond counting!" costin "Deer?" marla "Deer. Deer with no deer." costin "I have not seen that." nika "Marks before the deer."
The sun into the black thing#
Vlad
mounting the solar panel outside the cave, placing the battery under the panel, putting the inverter close to the wall, wiring the DC-40 and laptop, and starting the power generator by holding the action button, pressing the shorting button, and confirming safety via the confirm button
Tensolo
six panels coming up on the lit face with no utterance to render: panel one, the sun high over the slope; panel two, the black mat on the rock under it with lines running from the sun into the mat; panel three, the stone beneath the mat filling from the bottom, part way, then full; panel four, a line from the full stone to the box; panel five, the box with meat drawn inside it; panel six, the red run between the stone and the box, ringed, with a cut line through a hand laid on it
Marla
tracking the panels left to right with one finger, then going back to the start and doing the same Miht. Miht na kruf-ke. Kruf-ke na ktha. Ktha, ktha, ktha-ke. Kruf-ke na kesta-ne ta. Ta na rusa. stopping and looking up at the panel bolted to the rock outside, then at the sun coming over the ridge Miht na rusa.
Costin
Miht na miht-nu ne. pointing out and up, then at the black panel two metres away Miht na kar-nu ktha. Kruf-ke na kar-nu ta.
Nika
Miht na miht-nu, ha. Kruf-ke na kesta-ne miht. picking the burnt stick out of the dead fire pit, holding it up, carrying it three paces across the cave and back Kruf-me miht na kesta-ne miht. Semek na kesta-ne miht, ta na ta.
Costin
Ha. Miht na kruf-ke, kruf-ke na ta, ta na rusa. Ha.
Marla
finger on the red ring still pulsing between the two panels on the lit face Ne-e ta. Ne-e ta na kesta-ne.
Nika
Ha.
Marla
looking west, at the ridge the sun will go behind Miht ontu na. Kruf-ke na ontu na?
mandrin-k runtime 06:21:29, unprompted composition
[06:21:29] REASONING autodraw ON, no operator utterance to render [06:21:29] trace three parties have watched a sequence of physical acts with no speech attached [06:21:29] trace sun high is sheet 1 panel 1. A thing that fills partway is [06:21:29] trace sheet 11/D item 3, where the filling was read and the shape was not. The fire place is <miht-nu>, sheet 17/F. [06:21:29] decision COMPOSE UNPROMPTED, 6 panels [06:21:31] display running[06:21:48] mic0 capture 1m 02s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "The sun. The sun goes into the black thing." marla "The black thing fills. Fills, fills, full." marla "The full thing joins the box. The box makes meat." marla "The sun makes meat." costin "The sun is not a fire place." costin "The sun is far. The black thing is here." nika "The sun is a fire place. The black thing carries the fire." nika "A burning stick carries the fire. You carry it here from there." costin "Yes." costin "The sun into the black thing, the black thing into the box, the box makes meat. Yes." marla "The red thing is between. The red thing is dangerous." nika "Yes." marla "The sun goes down. Does the black thing empty?"
The stone that holds#
Vlad
The black thing does not store energy, so it empties. Energy is stored in the battery under.
Tensolo
Kruf-ke na miht ne. Miht ontu, kruf-ke ontu. Kruf ta na miht. Kruf ta, kruf-ke-me.
Marla
Kruf-ke na miht ne. Miht ontu, kruf-ke ontu. going down on her heels beside the battery under the panel and putting a hand on the casing Kruf ta na miht. Kruf ta, kruf-ke-me.
Costin
coming over and crouching beside her, cupping one hand, then making a hollow of both hands together Kruf-ke na kesta-ne. Kruf ta na ktha. tipping the cupped hand, then holding the hollow steady Aha na sula naga-tu ne. Sula-nu na sula.
Nika
Ha. Ta.
Marla
Miht ta, kruf ta na ktha. Miht ontu, kruf ta na ktha ne. looking up from the casing Kruf ta na miht-ktha na? and when nothing comes out of the machine, turning to Nika Nika. Miht-ktha na?
Nika
Ovlat. Miht-ktha na?
mandrin-k runtime 06:22:14
[06:22:14] in "The black thing does not store energy, so it empties. Energy is stored in the battery under." [06:22:14] seg 3 clauses [06:22:14] gate 1 energy: no entry, no referent [06:22:14] fall the carried fire, accepted by 2 speakers at 06:21:48 [06:22:14] c1 out "kruf-ke na miht ne" [06:22:14] gate 1 so: causal connective, refused at 14:05:51, 14:17:09 [06:22:14] fall sequence in place of cause [06:22:14] c2 out "miht ontu, kruf-ke ontu" [06:22:14] c3 out "kruf ta na miht. kruf ta, kruf-ke-me" [06:22:14] out "kruf-ke na miht ne. miht ontu, kruf-ke ontu. kruf ta na miht. kruf ta, kruf-ke-me" [06:22:14] spk0 playing 4.6s[06:22:28] mic0 capture 38.2s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "The black thing does not have the fire." marla "The sun is finished, the black thing is finished." marla "That stone has the fire. That stone, under the black thing." costin "The black thing carries. That stone holds." costin "A hand carries water. A hollow holds water." nika "Yes. That." marla "The sun high, that stone fills. The sun gone, that stone empties." marla "How many suns does that stone hold?" marla "Nika. How many suns?" nika "Vlad. How many suns?"
Ten and not more#
Vlad
Maximum is ten suns.
Tensolo
a stop bar drawn at the end of a row, one vertical stroke; strip one, ten sun glyphs with the bar after the tenth; strip two, the same row with four filled and six open, the same bar; strip three, the same row with one filled; strip four, ten filled, the bar, and one glyph past the bar with a cut line on it; strip five, a full water hollow with the bar at the rim, a part full hollow with the bar at the same rim, and water standing above the rim with a cut line on it Miht ktha aha ktha.
Marla
at the first strip Miht ktha aha ktha. at the second, counting the filled ones off and then putting a finger on the bar Miht ktha-aha. Ta. Miht ktha aha ktha. Ta. at the third Miht ta. Ta. at the fourth, on the glyph past the bar with the line through it Miht ktha aha ktha aha, ne. at the fifth, on the water above the rim Sula ta. Sula ta na ne. going back to the second strip and then the fourth, twice Miht ktha aha ktha, na ktha-me. Miht ktha aha ktha, na ktha ne.
Costin
Sula-nu. Ha. holding his own cupped hands up and tipping them slightly so the water goes over the edge Sula, na sula, na sula, sula-nu na ta, sula na kar-nu.
Nika
quiet through the whole of it, and then Ktha-ta. with the sun glyphs under her hand Miht ktha-ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:22:41, function synthesis
[06:22:41] in "Maximum is ten suns." [06:22:41] seg 1 clause, upper bound + count [06:22:41] gate 1 maximum: no entry [06:22:41] warn the count alone states ten suns and nothing else. The store [06:22:41] warn may hold two suns or six. [06:22:41] REASONING function_synthesis ON [06:22:41] trace fn 2 PART STRENGTH was ordered second at 14:21:21 and has not been built. An upper bound is that function on a count. [06:22:41] trace sheet 16/B drew rows of suns and they were counted off one at a time. Sheet 11/D item 3 drew a bar filling. [06:22:41] decision BUILD fn 2 ON THE DISPLAY, EMIT COUNT ALONE ON SPEECH [06:22:42] draw symbol: a stop bar, one vertical stroke, at the row end [06:22:42] draw strip 1 ten sun glyphs, stop bar after the tenth [06:22:42] draw strip 2 the same row, four filled, six open, same bar [06:22:42] draw strip 3 the same row, one filled, same bar [06:22:42] draw strip 4 ten filled, bar, one more glyph past the bar with a cut line on it [06:22:42] draw strip 5 a full water hollow, bar at the rim; a part full [06:22:42] draw hollow, bar at the same rim; water above the rim with a cut line on it [06:22:42] out "miht ktha aha ktha" [06:22:42] spk0 playing 1.9s [06:22:42] display running[06:22:58] mic0 capture 31.7s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dB [06:22:58] lex ktha-ta, upper bound, PROVISIONAL, confidence 0.44 [06:22:58] lex lexicon 54 -> 55 typesmarla "Ten suns." marla "Four suns. The bar is there. Ten suns. The bar is there." marla "One sun. The bar is there." marla "Eleven suns, wrong." marla "The water at the rim. Above the rim, wrong." marla "Ten suns, and fewer. Ten suns, and not more." costin "The hollow. Yes." costin "Rain, and rain, and rain, and the hollow is at the rim, and the rain is on the ground." nika "Ten-and-not-more." nika "Ten-and-not-more suns."
The red thing#
Vlad
Electricity is not rain. If you touch it, you can risk electrocution.
Tensolo
a red ring going onto the cable run and staying on it Kruf ta na miht, miht na sula ne. Semek na ta. a strip beside the ring, a hand moving toward the red run, then the death form Ne-e. Semek-ke.
Costin
Miht na sula ne. Aha na sula, aha ta. Aha na miht, aha-ke-me ta.
Marla
Aha na ta, na aha-ke. looking at the strip a second time, and at the figure at the end of it Aha-ke, aha-ke-me ne na?
Nika
Aha-ke. Aha-ke-me ne. Aha-ke.
Costin
Aha ne semek ta.
Nika
Ovlat na semek ta. Ovlat na semek ne, miht-ktha.
Marla
Ne-e ta. Aha-ktha ne kesta-ne ta. Costin, ne-e ta.
Costin
Ha.
mandrin-k runtime 06:23:19
[06:23:19] in "Electricity is not rain. If you touch it, you can risk electrocution." [06:23:19] seg 3 clauses [06:23:19] lex electricity: carried as the fire since 06:21:48, accepted by 3 speakers [06:23:19] c1 out "kruf ta na miht, miht na sula ne" [06:23:19] gate 1 if: no conditional was elicited on any sheet [06:23:19] fall sequence in place of condition, as at 14:17:34 [06:23:19] c2 out "semek na ta" [06:23:19] gate 1 risk: the hedge was refused at 14:11:29 and 14:14:57 [06:23:19] fall the outcome stated absolute, long form ahead of it [06:23:19] c3 out "ne-e. semek-ke" [06:23:19] route hazard to display, colour available [06:23:19] draw red ring on the cable run, sustained [06:23:19] draw strip: hand toward the red run, then the death form [06:23:19] out "kruf ta na miht, miht na sula ne. semek na ta. ne-e. semek-ke" [06:23:19] spk0 playing 4.2s [06:23:19] display running[06:23:31] mic0 capture 42.9s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBcostin "The fire is not water." costin "A hand in water is a hand. A hand in fire is a burnt hand." marla "A hand on the red thing. Then dead." marla "Dead, not burnt?" nika "Dead." nika "Not a burnt hand. Dead." costin "I have not seen that." nika "Vlad said it. Vlad has not made marks wrongly." marla "The red thing. Nobody touches the red thing." marla "Costin, the red thing." costin "Yes."
Fire with no wood#
Vlad
going to the portable electric stove and holding the ignition button Red thing can do fire. Red thing is not fire.
Tensolo
the coil coming up red under his hand, nothing drawn on the lit face Ne-e ta na kesta-ne miht. Ne-e ta na miht ne.
Marla
Ne-e ta na kesta-ne miht. Ne-e ta na miht ne.
Costin
Kruf-me miht na kesta-ne miht. Kruf-me miht na miht. the coil comes up orange under his face, and his hand goes near it and comes back at the distance kept from a fire Ne-e ta na kesta-ne miht, na miht ne. Na?
Nika
Miht na kesta-ne miht. Miht na kar-nu ktha. Kruf-ke na kesta-ne miht ta. Ne-e ta na kesta-ne miht ta.
Marla
Miht na kruf-ke, kruf-ke na kruf ta, kruf ta na ne-e ta, ne-e ta na miht. counting the joins off on four fingers Kesta-ne ktha-aha-aha.
Costin
Ha.
Marla
looking around the stove, under it, behind it Sanu na? Sanu ne. Miht na sanu ne na?
mandrin-k runtime 06:23:52
[06:23:52] in "Red thing can do fire. Red thing is not fire." [06:23:52] seg 2 clauses [06:23:52] lex can: no modal system [06:23:52] fall the outcome stated bare, with the coil coming up red [06:23:52] c1 out "ne-e ta na kesta-ne miht" [06:23:52] c2 out "ne-e ta na miht ne" [06:23:52] out "ne-e ta na kesta-ne miht. ne-e ta na miht ne" [06:23:52] spk0 playing 2.6s[06:24:02] mic0 capture 39.4s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "The red thing builds fire." marla "The red thing is not fire." costin "A burning stick builds fire. A burning stick is fire." costin "The red thing builds fire and is not fire. How?" nika "The sun builds fire. The sun is far." nika "The black thing carries the sun here. The red thing carries it into that." marla "The sun into the black thing, the black thing into that stone, that stone into the red thing, the red thing into the fire." marla "Four joins." costin "Yes." marla "Where is the wood? There is no wood. Fire with no wood?"
Two roads, one fire#
Vlad
showing a flint and steel coupling from his pack and lighting the camp fire with it The stove contains a similar coupling.
Tensolo
an upper row coming up on the lit face, two stones struck, a spark, the spark on dry tinder, fire; a lower row under it, a hand on the ignition button with the red run behind it, then the cutaway with two small pieces struck inside it, the spark on gas, fire; a bracket drawn between the two end panels Ne-e ta na kruf-me ktha-aha.
Costin
following the upper row Kruf ktha-aha. Miht-me. Sanu-ke. Miht. following the lower row with the same finger Aha. Kruf ktha-aha ta. Miht-me. Miht. stopping on the cutaway and staying there Kruf ktha-aha na ne-e ta.
Marla
Miht ta na miht ta. Kesta-ne aha, kesta-ne aha, miht ta. putting a hand on each end panel and bringing them together Ne-e ta na kesta kruf. Aha na kesta kruf. Ne-e ta na aha.
Nika
Ne-e ta na aha ne. taking the flint and the steel out of Vlad's hand and striking them once, and the spark goes down into the tinder Ne-e ta na kesta kruf, aha na kesta kruf. Ta na ta.
Marla
Ha. Ta.
Costin
looking into the stove where the tinder would go, and there is nothing there Sanu-ke na?
Marla
Sanu-ke ne. Ta ne, ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:24:26
[06:24:26] in "The stove contains a similar coupling." [06:24:26] seg 1 clause [06:24:26] gate 1 similar: comparison of kind, refused at 14:23:46 c3 [06:24:26] lex contains: sheet 18/A, attested and productive [06:24:26] fall the part named, the likeness dropped [06:24:26] c1 out "ne-e ta na kruf-me ktha-aha" [06:24:26] REASONING autodraw ON, the part is inside the casing [06:24:26] trace the operator has just struck flint and steel in full view. [06:24:26] trace that act is sheet 18/A item 2 and all three parties build [06:24:26] trace fires daily. [06:24:26] trace sheet 11/A frame 1 exchanged one shaft for another and one word came back for both. A likeness of work is available [06:24:26] trace where a likeness of kind is refused. [06:24:26] decision DRAW THE TWO SEQUENCES SIDE BY SIDE, SAME END PANEL [06:24:27] draw upper row two stones struck; a spark; the spark on dry [06:24:27] draw tinder; fire [06:24:27] draw lower row a hand on the ignition button, red run behind; the cutaway, two small pieces struck inside it; the spark on gas; fire [06:24:27] draw a joining bracket between the two end panels [06:24:27] display running[06:24:38] mic0 capture 45.1s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBcostin "Two stones. A spark. Dry grass. Fire." costin "A hand. Two stones inside. A spark. Fire." costin "The stones are inside the red thing." marla "The same fire. Two roads, one fire." marla "The red thing strikes the stones. A hand strikes the stones." marla "The red thing is a hand." nika "The red thing is not a hand." nika "The red thing does what a hand does." marla "Yes. That." costin "Where is the dry grass?" marla "There is no dry grass. There is the other thing."
Meat with no ash#
Vlad
Unlike the firecamp, the stove cannot be extinguished by wind. Now let's cook part of the meat. Put the meat on the pan and put the pan on the stove, on the fire.
Tensolo
Miht-nu ta na ontu, miht ta na ontu ne. a strip of raw meat in a hand; the pan empty on the coil; the meat in the pan; the coil red under it and the meat drawn darker; the meat turned over and the second face drawn darker; the meat out of the pan and a hand at an open mouth; a row of sun glyphs under the fourth and fifth panels, four to each Rusa na ta. Ta na miht. Rusa na miht, na aha-ktha na rusa.
Marla
Miht-nu ta na ontu, miht ta na ontu ne. at the panels Rusa na ta. Ta na miht. Rusa-ke ta. Rusa na kesta-ne ta. Rusa-ke ta. Na aha-ktha na rusa.
Costin
making the wind with his hand across the mouth of the cave and then pointing at the coil Kar-nu na miht-nu ontu. Kar-nu, na miht ta na ontu ne na?
Nika
Ha. Ontu ne.
Costin
Rusa na kruf na miht-nu. Aha na semek ta. looking at the pan handle Kruf ta na aha-tu.
Nika
Ta ne. Ne-e ta. putting her own hand out above the pan, high, and pulling it back Ne-e.
Marla
at the sun glyphs under the fourth and fifth panels Miht-ktha na?
Nika
Miht ne. Miht-me ne. opening and closing her hand four times, quickly Ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:25:03
[06:25:03] in "Unlike the firecamp, the stove cannot be extinguished by wind. Now let's cook part of the meat. Put the meat on the pan and put the pan on the stove, on the fire." [06:25:03] seg 4 clauses [06:25:03] gate 1 unlike: comparison of kind [06:25:03] fall the two fires stated side by side with opposite polarity [06:25:03] c1 out "miht-nu ta na ontu, miht ta na ontu ne" [06:25:03] gate 1 cook: no entry [06:25:03] fall sheet 3 strip 8 and sheet 1 panel 20, the hand at the open mouth, with the fire ahead of it [06:25:03] c2 out "rusa na miht, na aha-ktha na rusa" [06:25:03] fall no imperative attested, rendered as the sequence [06:25:03] c3 out "rusa na ta. ta na miht" [06:25:03] REASONING autodraw ON [06:25:04] draw a strip of meat, raw, in a hand [06:25:04] draw the pan, empty, on the coil [06:25:04] draw the meat in the pan [06:25:04] draw the coil red under the pan, the meat drawn darker [06:25:04] draw the meat turned over, the second face drawn darker [06:25:04] draw the meat out of the pan, a hand at an open mouth [06:25:04] draw a sun glyph row beneath panels 4 and 5, four glyphs each [06:25:04] out "miht-nu ta na ontu, miht ta na ontu ne. rusa na ta. ta na miht. rusa na miht, na aha-ktha na rusa" [06:25:04] spk0 playing 5.8s [06:25:04] display running[06:25:16] mic0 capture 49.6s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "The fire place is finished. That fire is not finished." marla "The meat goes on that. That goes on the fire." marla "The meat is dark. Turn the meat. The meat is dark." marla "Then eat." costin "Wind. The fire place is finished." costin "Wind, and that fire is not finished?" nika "Yes. Not finished." costin "Meat on a stone at the fire. I have seen that." costin "That is a stone with a hand on it." nika "Do not take the pan. The pan is dangerous." nika "Dangerous." marla "How many suns?" nika "That is not suns. That is short." nika "That."
The cube#
Vlad
pulling the tranquilized deer inside and removing a small portion of skin and taking a small cube with the picker, popping the top dish at the DC-40, placing the sample on the dish and pressing a button to put the dish back in
Tensolo
the lit face left blank the whole way through, nothing drawn and nothing said
Costin
crouching at the ribs and watching them go up and down twice Rusa na tesu. Rusa-ke ne. Rusa na tesu, ha.
Marla
following the picker from the flank to the dish Ovlat na kesta rusa. Me. Me-me. Rusa ne ta. Kruf-me rusa ta. at the port, and the dish goes back in and the seat clicks Kruf-me rusa na ta. Ta na ontu. Ta na kesta-ne.
Costin
Rusa-ke ne, na Ovlat na rusa ta. pointing at the flank, then at the animal's head Rusa na kar-nu, na?
Nika
Rusa na kar-nu.
Costin
Rusa na kar-nu, na rusa-tu. Rusa-tu na ne.
Nika
Ha. Rusa na kar-nu, rusa-tu. Ne.
Marla
Rusa-tu na rusa-ke ne. Aha ne semek ta. pulling the middle drawer out again and looking from the raw muscle in it to the cube-sized wound on the flank Kruf-me rusa aha, na ta ktha-ke. pushing the drawer shut Rusa aha na, rusa-ktha na. Ha.
mandrin-k runtime 06:25:41
[06:25:41] visual no image on lit face [06:25:41] mic0 capture 1m 14s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBcostin "The deer sleeps. The deer is not dead. The deer breathes." marla "Vlad splits the deer. Small, small." marla "That is not meat. That is a small stone of meat." marla "The small stone of meat goes in the top. The top is finished. The top is closed." costin "The deer is not dead and Vlad takes from it." costin "The deer stands up, after?" nika "The deer stands up." costin "The deer stands up and is wrong. The deer is cut." nika "Yes. The deer stands up, cut. That is wrong." marla "The deer is cut and the deer is not dead. I have not seen that." marla "One small stone of meat, and the drawer is full." marla "One deer in, many deer out. Yes."
Both#
Vlad
pulling the deer out of the cave entrance And it's done, now we have more meat to multiply.
Tensolo
Ontu. Rusa aha na, rusa-ktha na.
Marla
Rusa aha na, rusa-ktha na. Ha. Ta.
Costin
following Vlad out and standing over the animal on the slope while it breathes Rusa na kar-nu ta. Rusa na tesu. putting the bottom of his spear on the ground and leaning on it Rusa na ontu ne, na rusa na kar-nu, na?
Nika
Na rusa na kar-nu.
Nika
pointing down the slope at the animal, and then back into the cave at the drawer Rusa na kar-nu, na rusa na kar-nu ta. Ta, na ta. Ktha-aha.
Costin
Rusa na kar-nu, na rusa na kar-nu ta. Ktha-aha. Aha ne semek ta.
Marla
from the mouth of the cave, with one hand still on the drawer front Miht-ktha na? Miht ktha-aha ktha aha ktha na?
Nika
Ovlat. Miht-ktha na?
mandrin-k runtime 06:26:22
[06:26:22] in "And it's done, now we have more meat to multiply." [06:26:22] seg 2 clauses [06:26:22] c1 out "ontu" [06:26:22] gate 1 more: <ktha-me> is the lesser, written 14:10:38. The greater has no form [06:26:22] fall the free quantifier, no comparison [06:26:22] lex multiply: rendered as splitting at 06:19:47 and rejected. [06:26:22] fall her own construction, returned to her [06:26:22] c2 out "rusa aha na, rusa-ktha na" [06:26:22] out "ontu. rusa aha na, rusa-ktha na" [06:26:22] spk0 playing 2.4s[06:26:34] mic0 capture 44.7s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "One deer in, many deer out. Yes. That." costin "The deer is outside. The deer sleeps." costin "The deer stands up and walks. Then?" nika "Then the deer is at the high ground." nika "The deer is at the high ground, and the meat is here. Both." costin "The deer at the high ground and the meat here. Both." costin "I have not seen that." marla "How many suns? Fifteen suns?" nika "Vlad. How many suns?"
The grass splits#
Vlad
One sun for a small quantity of meat, but usually it's five suns for the full drawer.
Tensolo
row one, one circle; row two, the same circle with a line across its middle; row three, two circles, each the size of the first; row four, four circles at that size; row five, eight; row six, a block of them running off the panel edge, with a sun glyph beside rows three, four and five, one each; a lower strip with the cube of muscle and the same six rows drawn small inside it, the drawer full at the end; a side panel with two stones struck into halves, each half smaller than the whole, a cut line on it Miht ta, rusa-me. Miht ktha, rusa ktha-ta.
Marla
Ktha. Kesta. Ktha-aha. putting a finger on each of the two circles in row three and then on the single one in row one Ktha-aha, na me ne. at the side panel with the broken stones Ne. Kesta, na me. Ta na kesta. back to the circles Kruf ta na kesta-ke. Ta na kesta-ke ne.
Costin
pointing at the cube in the lower strip and then at the rows drawn inside it Kruf-me rusa na kar-nu ta. Ta na kar-nu ta na? Ta na kar-nu rusa na?
Nika
Ta na kar-nu rusa. putting her hand on the flank of the sleeping animal outside, and then on her own forearm Ta na kar-nu rusa. Ta na kar-nu aha.
Marla
at the sun glyphs beside rows three, four and five Ktha-aha, ktha-aha-aha, ktha-aha-aha-aha-aha. Miht ta, miht ta, miht ta. at the last row running off the edge Ktha-ke. turning and looking out at the slope, at the grass Sanu. Sanu na kar-nu ta. Sanu, na sanu, na sanu. Aha-ktha na kesta sanu ne. Sanu na kesta.
Costin
Ha.
mandrin-k runtime 06:26:58, unprompted composition
[06:26:58] in "One sun for a small quantity of meat, but usually it's five suns for the full drawer." [06:26:58] seg 2 clauses [06:26:58] c1 out "miht ta, rusa-me" [06:26:58] gate 1 usually: sheet 16/B counted turns and gave no term for how [06:26:58] gate 1 often a thing holds [06:26:58] fall the count stated bare, with the drawer as the object [06:26:58] c2 out "miht ktha, rusa ktha-ta" [06:26:58] REASONING autodraw ON [06:26:58] trace three parties have accepted one deer in and many deer out and none of them has been told what happens between. [06:26:58] trace splitting where each half is the size of the whole has no panel anywhere. That is the content. [06:26:58] decision DRAW IT AS COURSES, WITH THE SPLIT AS THE UNIT [06:26:59] draw row 1 one circle [06:26:59] draw row 2 the same circle, a line across its middle [06:26:59] draw row 3 two circles, each the size of the first [06:26:59] draw row 4 four circles, same size [06:26:59] draw row 5 eight circles, same size [06:26:59] draw row 6 a block of circles running off the panel edge [06:26:59] draw a sun glyph beside rows 3, 4, 5, one each [06:26:59] draw lower strip the cube of muscle, the same six rows drawn [06:26:59] draw small inside it, the drawer full at the end [06:26:59] draw side panel two stones struck into halves, each half [06:26:59] draw smaller than the whole, a cut line on it [06:26:59] display running[06:27:12] mic0 capture 52.3s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "One. Split. Two." marla "Two, and they are not small." marla "Wrong. Split, and small. That is split." marla "The stones are cut. The circles are not cut." costin "The small stone of meat is inside." costin "The circles are inside it? The circles are inside the meat?" nika "The circles are inside the meat." nika "The circles are inside the deer. The circles are inside me." marla "Two, four, eight. One sun, one sun, one sun." marla "Beyond counting." marla "Grass. Grass on the slope. Grass, and grass, and grass." marla "Nobody splits the grass. The grass splits." costin "Yes."
Vlad eats#
Vlad
cutting small pieces of the meat from the drawer and placing them on the pan, frying them for several seconds, turning off the stove, then splitting the meat between all It's taking long. Let's eat what we have first. And yes, the deer will wake up and go.
Tensolo
Miht ktha. Miht ta ne. Aha-ktha na rusa ta, miht ta. Ha. Rusa na tesu ne, rusa na kar-nu.
Marla
Miht ktha. Miht ta ne. taking the piece Vlad hands her and holding it a moment before putting it in her mouth Aha-ktha na rusa ta, miht ta.
Costin
looking down the slope at the animal, which has got its forelegs under itself Rusa na tesu ne, rusa na kar-nu. Ha.
Nika
Aha-ktha na rusa.
Marla
turning the piece over in her fingers Miht ta. Miht ta, na sanu-ke ne. chewing and stopping Rusa ta na me-me.
Costin
looking into the pan and finding no ash in it, and then at his own fingers, which are clean Rusa, na miht ne. Rusa, na sanu-ke ne.
Nika
Ovlat. Aha-ktha na rusa. Ovlat na rusa.
Costin
Ovlat na rusa, aha-ktha ontu.
Nika
Ne. Ovlat na rusa, aha-ktha na. holding the last piece out to Vlad across the dead fire pit Ovlat na rusa.
mandrin-k runtime 06:27:41
[06:27:41] in "It's taking long. Let's eat what we have first. And yes, the deer will wake up and go." [06:27:41] seg 3 clauses [06:27:41] gate 1 long: comparison of degree on a duration [06:27:41] fall the count restated, the drawer against one sun [06:27:41] c1 out "miht ktha. miht ta ne" [06:27:41] fall no imperative attested, rendered as the sequence [06:27:41] c2 out "aha-ktha na rusa ta, miht ta" [06:27:41] c3 out "ha. rusa na tesu ne, rusa na kar-nu" [06:27:41] out "miht ktha. miht ta ne. aha-ktha na rusa ta, miht ta. ha. rusa na tesu ne, rusa na kar-nu" [06:27:41] spk0 playing 5.1s[06:27:53] mic0 capture 47.8s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "Many suns. Not one sun." marla "We eat this meat, this sun." costin "The deer stops sleeping. The deer goes to the high ground. Yes." nika "Eat." marla "It is hot. It is hot and it is not burnt." marla "The meat is soft." costin "Meat with no fire on it. Meat with no ash on it." nika "Vlad. Eat." costin "Vlad eats last." nika "No. Vlad eats first." nika "Vlad eats."
One fire place#
Vlad
taking the piece and starting to eat after Marla Vlad eats at the same time.
Tensolo
Ovlat na rusa miht ta, aha-ktha na rusa miht ta.
Nika
Ovlat na rusa miht ta, aha-ktha na rusa miht ta. Ha. Ta.
Costin
Ovlat na rusa miht ta, aha-ktha na rusa miht ta. lowering himself onto the gravel on the far side of the pit and setting his spear down beside him, out of his own reach Ovlat na miht-nu. Aha-ktha na miht-nu.
Marla
Miht-nu ta.
Costin
Miht-nu ta, ha. eating, and looking up at the painted rows on the wall Ovlat. Ovlat na rusa naga-tu, miht ta na miht.
Nika
Ovlat na rusa ne.
mandrin-k runtime 06:28:14
[06:28:14] in "Vlad eats at the same time." [06:28:14] seg 1 clause [06:28:14] gate 1 at the same time: sheet 16 gave counted units and no term [06:28:14] gate 1 for two events sharing one [06:28:14] fall the two agents stated with one time term on both [06:28:14] out "ovlat na rusa miht ta, aha-ktha na rusa miht ta" [06:28:14] spk0 playing 3.0s[06:28:24] mic0 capture 35.9s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBnika "Vlad eats this sun, the people eat this sun. Yes. That." costin "Vlad eats this sun, the people eat this sun." costin "Vlad is at the fire place. The people are at the fire place." marla "One fire place." costin "One fire place, yes." costin "Vlad. Take the deer next time." nika "Vlad does not take deer."
Losing that is dangerous#
Vlad
Those things are precious. If they are destroyed, then no meat multiplier will be available, no translator will be available.
Tensolo
Ta ne-e. Ta ontu, na rusa-ktha ne. Ta ontu, na semek-tu ne. row one, the sun, the black panel on the slope, the stone under it part filled with a stop bar at the rim, the red run ringed with a cut line through a hand on it, the box with the cube going in at the top, the drawer full, a hand at an open mouth; row two, the deer standing and walking off the panel edge, a row of fifteen sun glyphs with a stop bar at the end, the deer again with the cube taken, the box, the drawer; row three, each object drawn once with a cut line on it and the end panel empty
Marla
Ta ne-e. stopping, going back along the third row where every object has a cut line Ne. Ta ne-e ne. Ta ontu, ne-e.
Nika
Ta ontu, ne-e. Ha.
Costin
Miht, kruf-ke, kruf ta, ta, rusa. following the second row Rusa na kar-nu. Miht ktha-ta. Rusa ta.
Marla
at the third row Kesta, kesta, kesta. Ne. Rusa ne. Semek ne.
Costin
Na naga-tu ta. Naga-tu na kesta, na rusa ne. Aha na semek ta.
Nika
Ha. Ta. turning from the drawing to Vlad, and speaking to him rather than to them Ovlat na kesta-ne ta ktha, na rusa. Ovlat na semek miht, Ovlat na semek kruf ta, Ovlat na semek ta, Ovlat na semek rusa, Ovlat na semek aha-ktha, Ovlat na semek aha. Na. and then, without waiting for the machine Aha na semek Ovlat, miht ktha aha ktha, na aha ne semek. Aha na hesu Ovlat.
mandrin-k runtime 06:28:47, unprompted composition
[06:28:47] in "Those things are precious. If they are destroyed, then no meat multiplier will be available, no translator will be available." [06:28:47] seg 3 clauses [06:28:47] gate 1 precious: no entry [06:28:47] fall the objects named with the long form and the absence [06:28:47] gate 1 if: no conditional, rendered as sequence [06:28:47] gate 1 translator: refused at 14:04:55 and every time since [06:28:47] fall the marks-instrument, which she has accepted [06:28:47] out "ta ne-e. ta ontu, na rusa-ktha ne. ta ontu, na semek-tu ne" [06:28:47] REASONING autodraw ON [06:28:47] decision DRAW THE WHOLE SYSTEM, AT THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE [06:28:48] draw row 1 the sun; the black panel on the slope; the stone [06:28:48] draw under it, part filled, stop bar at the rim; the red [06:28:48] draw run, ringed red, a cut line through a hand on it; the box, the cube going in at the top; the drawer, full; a hand at an open mouth [06:28:48] draw row 2 the deer, standing, walking off the panel edge; a sun glyph row, fifteen, stop bar at the end; the deer again, the cube taken, the box, the drawer [06:28:48] draw row 3 each object drawn once with a cut line on it, and the end panel empty [06:28:48] display running[06:28:59] mic0 capture 58.4s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBmarla "That is dangerous." marla "Wrong. That is not dangerous. Losing that is dangerous." nika "Losing that is dangerous. Yes." costin "The sun, the black thing, the stone, the box, the meat." costin "The deer walks. Fifteen suns. The deer again." marla "Cut, cut, cut. Nothing." marla "No meat. No speech." costin "Then it is a spear." costin "A spear breaks and there is no deer. I have seen that." nika "Yes. That." nika "Vlad built all of it before the deer." nika "Vlad made marks at the sun, at the stone, at the box, at the deer, at the people, at me. Before." nika "I have seen Vlad make marks for many suns and I did not know." nika "I like Vlad."
The rows#
Vlad
You can learn the script used in this cave, Nika.
Tensolo
Nika. Nika na semek ta.
Nika
Ha. Aha na semek ta. going to the back wall and putting her hand up under the painted rows Miht ontu, karnu ta. Aha na kar-nu ta, semek ta. Ovlat na tesu, aha na semek ta.
Marla
Nika na semek ta na?
Nika
Ha. moving her finger along one row and then dropping to the row beneath it and moving along that Ta na ta. Ta, na ta, na ta. stopping on one symbol, then finding the same symbol two rows down, then again further along Ta ta. Ta ta ta. Ktha ne, ta aha. sweeping left to right, then down, then left to right again Ta na ta, na ta ne, na ta na ta.
Costin
Semek ktha na semek na?
Nika
Ha. Semek ktha na semek. at the marks that spell tensorflow, and then at the circles under them Tensolo. Tensolo ne, ta. at the single circle, then the row of four, then the block Ktha. Ktha-aha-aha-aha. Ta, na ta, na ta. going along to the last section of the panel and stopping under the four circles inside their box Ta. Ktha-aha-aha-aha, na sula-nu. and back to the three loose circles above it Ktha-aha-aha, na sula-nu ne. Ta na ta ne.
Marla
Ta na ta ne na?
Nika
keeping her hand on the box Ta na ta ne. Aha ne semek ta na semek. Aha na semek ta na ta.
mandrin-k runtime 06:29:26
[06:29:26] in "You can learn the script used in this cave, Nika." [06:29:26] seg 1 clause [06:29:26] lex can: no modal system [06:29:26] gate 1 learn: transfer without loss, refused at 14:07:18 [06:29:26] fall the marks on the wall with her as the agent of the reading [06:29:26] out "Nika. Nika na semek ta" [06:29:26] spk0 playing 1.7s[06:29:36] mic0 capture 1m 09s, 3 speaker voices, snr 15 dBnika "Yes. I make marks at those marks." nika "The moon went behind the ridge. I was at the wall." nika "Vlad sleeps, I am at the wall." marla "Nika makes marks at those marks?" nika "Yes." nika "The rows are the same. That mark, and that mark, and that mark again." nika "That mark is there and there and there. It is one mark." nika "The rows go this way. Then down. Then this way." costin "Do the marks beyond counting make marks?" nika "Yes. The marks beyond counting make marks." nika "Tensolo. Under Tensolo, the circles." nika "One circle. Four circles. Four and four and four." nika "The last one. Four circles in a hollow." nika "Four circles in a hollow is not three circles on the ground." marla "Not the same?" nika "Not the same." nika "I have not seen what they say. I have seen that they are the same."