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9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 362,880

do tigers melt like butter in the forest ?

Technically, there are 362,880 possible permutations of the 9 words in a sentence. But no matter.

Existential unit

Generic Existence

single words that stand on their own

do

.do

tigers

.tigers

melt

.melt

like

.like

butter

.butter

in

.in

the

.the

forest

.forest

?

.questionmark

Specific existence

a single word expanded by minimum specifying element(i.e. adjective, determiner, precdeing or following nouns) that expands its meaning without forming a sentence

specific butter

.the + .butter

unidentified butter

.? + .butter
.the + .? + .butter

butter made from forest

.forest + .butter
.the + .forest + .butter

specific forest

.the + .forest

mysterious forest

.? + .forest
.the + .? + .forest

forest of butter

.butter + .forest
.the + .butter + .forest

forest where tigers dwell

.tigers + .forest
.the + .tigers + .forest

specific tigers

.the + .tigers

enigmatic tigers

.? + .tigers
.the + .? + .tigers

Spatial relationships

in forest

in tiger

in butter

Actions

Like (stative)

meaning:

find agreeable, enjoyable, or satisfactory.
to be fond of something.
wish for; want.

it's not an action verb technically, but sometimes it behaves like an action-related verb. it's an stative verb that expresses preference or emotion.

!! it only works as a verb when <tigers> is directly followed by as the subject. in any other case, it will read as a preposition.

tigers are feeling a sense of regard or fondness

.tigers + .like
.tigers + .do + .like

tigers are not sure about feeling regard or fondness

.tigers + .? + .like
.tigers + .like + .?
.tigers + .? + .do + .like
.tigers + .do + .? + .like
.tigers + .do + .like + .?

tigers are liking butter

.tigers + .like + .butter
.tigers + .like + .the + .butter
.tigers + .do + .like + .butter
.tigers + .do + .like + .the + .butter

tigers are reluctant to like butter

.tigers + .like + .? + .butter
.tigers + .like + .? + .the + .butter
.tigers + .do + .like + .? + .butter
.tigers + .do + .? + .like + .the + .butter
.tigers + .do + .like + .? + .the + .butter
.tigers + .? + .like + .the + .butter
.tigers + .? + .like + .butter
.tigers + .? + .do + .like + .butter
.tigers + .? + .do + .like + .the + .butter

tigers are liking mysterious butter

.tigers + .like + .the + .? + .butter
.tigers + .do + .like + .the + .? + .butter

tigers are liking forest

.tigers + .like + .forest
.tigers + .like + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .like + .forest
.tigers + .do + .like + .the + .forest

tigers are reluctant to like forest

.tigers + .like + .? + .forest
.tigers + .like + .? + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .like + .? + .forest
.tigers + .do + .? + .like + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .like + .? + .the + .forest
.tigers + .? + .like + .the + .forest
.tigers + .? + .like + .forest
.tigers + .? + .do + .like + .forest
.tigers + .? + .do + .like + .the + .forest

tigers are liking mysterious forest

.tigers + .like + .the + .? + .forest
.tigers + .do + .like + .the + .? + .forest

Butter

meaning:

to spread or coat something with butter.

~~!! technically, it also only works as a verb only when <tigers> is the subject. however by linguistic extension, it may also be apply to other subject nouns.(i hope)~~

tigers are buttering

.tigers + .butter
.tigers + .do + .butter

tigers are not sure about buttering

.tigers + .? + .butter
.tigers + .butter + .?
.tigers + .? + .do + .butter
.tigers + .do + .? + .butter
.tigers + .do + .butter + .?

tigers are buttering forest

.tigers + .butter + .forest
.tigers + .butter + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .the + .forest

tigers are reluctant to butter forest

.tigers + .? + .butter + .forest
.tigers + .butter + .? + .forest
.tigers + .butter + .forest + .?
.tigers + .? + .butter + .the + .forest
.tigers + .butter + .? + .the + .forest
.tigers + .butter + .the + .forest + .?
.tigers + .? + .do + .butter + .forest
.tigers + .do + .? + .butter + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .? + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .forest + .?
.tigers + .? + .do + .butter + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .? + .butter + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .? + .the + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .the + .forest + ?

tigers are buttering mysterious forest

.tigers + .butter + .the + .? + .forest
.tigers + .do + .butter + .the + .? + .forest

Melt

meaning:

make or become liquefied by heat.
leave or disappear unobtrusively.
make or become more tender or loving.

!! technically, it also only works as a verb only when <tigers> is the subject. however by linguistic extension, it may also be apply to other subject nouns.(i hope)

tigers are melting

.tigers + .melt
.tigers + .do + .melt

tigers are not sure about melting

.tigers + .? + .melt
.tigers + .melt + .?
.tigers + .? + .do + .melt
.tigers + .do + .? + .melt
.tigers + .do + .melt + .?

tigers are melting butter

tigers are reluctant to melt butter

tigers are melting unidentified butter

tigers are melting forest

tigers are reluctant to melt forest

tigers are melting mysterious forest

forest is melting

melting of forest is uncertain

forest is melting butter

it's uncertain that forest would melt butter

forest is melting unidentified butter

forest is melting tigers

it's uncertain that forest would melt tigers

forest is melting mysterious tiger

Easter egg

if one permutation generates this 8 word sentence, which turns the original question into an affirmative statement:

.tigers + .do + .melt + .like + .butter + .in + .the + .forest

then the browser screen could maybe look like it's crashing, glitching, or collapsing, or just go black with the inverted sentence.

an evening spent playing with word combinations during the spring break

@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
   .questionmark
 ==Specific existence==
-'''a single word expanded by just one specifying element(i.e. adjective, determiner, precdeing or following nouns) that expands its meaning without forming a sentence'''
+'''a single word expanded by minimum specifying element(i.e. adjective, determiner, precdeing or following nouns) that expands its meaning without forming a sentence'''
+===specific butter===
+ .the + .butter
+===unidentified butter===
+ .? + .butter
+ .the + .? + .butter
+===butter made from forest===
+ .forest + .butter
+ .the + .forest + .butter
+<br>
+===specific forest===
+ .the + .forest
+===mysterious forest===
+ .? + .forest
+ .the + .? + .forest
+===forest of butter===
+ .butter + .forest
+ .the + .butter + .forest
+===forest where tigers dwell===
+ .tigers + .forest
+ .the + .tigers + .forest
+<br>
+===specific tigers===
+ .the + .tigers
+===enigmatic tigers===
+ .? + .tigers
+ .the + .? + .tigers
+<br>
+<Br>
 =Spatial relationships=
 ==in forest==
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 <br>
 ===tigers are feeling a sense of regard or fondness===
-  tigers + like
+  .tigers + .like
-  tigers + do + like
+  .tigers + .do + .like
 ===tigers are not sure about feeling regard or fondness===
-  tigers + ? + like
+  .tigers + .? + .like
-  tigers + like + ?
+  .tigers + .like + .?
-  tigers + ? + do + like
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .like
-  tigers + do + ? + like
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .like
-  tigers + do + like + ?
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .?
 <br>
 ===tigers are liking butter===
-  tigers + like + butter
+  .tigers + .like + .butter
-  tigers + like + the + butter
+  .tigers + .like + .the + .butter
-  tigers + do + like + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .butter
-  tigers + do + like + the + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .the + .butter
 ===tigers are reluctant to like butter===
-  tigers + like + ? + butter
+  .tigers + .like + .? + .butter
-  tigers + like + ? + the + butter
+  .tigers + .like + .? + .the + .butter
-  tigers + do + like + ? + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .? + .butter
-  tigers + do + ? + like + the + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .like + .the + .butter
-  tigers + do + like + ? + the + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .? + .the + .butter
-  tigers + ? + like + the + butter
+  .tigers + .? + .like + .the + .butter
-  tigers + ? + like + butter
+  .tigers + .? + .like + .butter
-  tigers + ? + do + like + butter
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .like + .butter
-  tigers + ? + do + like + the + butter
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .like + .the + .butter
 ===tigers are liking mysterious butter===
-  tigers + like + the + ? + butter
+  .tigers + .like + .the + .? + .butter
-  tigers + do + like + the + ? + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .the + .? + .butter
 <br>
 ===tigers are liking forest===
-  tigers + like + forest
+  .tigers + .like + .forest
-  tigers + like + the + forest
+  .tigers + .like + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + like + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .forest
-  tigers + do + like + the + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .the + .forest
 ===tigers are reluctant to like forest===
-  tigers + like + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .like + .? + .forest
-  tigers + like + ? + the + forest
+  .tigers + .like + .? + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + like + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .? + .forest
-  tigers + do + ? + like + the + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .like + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + like + ? + the + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .? + .the + .forest
-  tigers + ? + like + the + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .like + .the + .forest
-  tigers + ? + like + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .like + .forest
-  tigers + ? + do + like + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .like + .forest
-  tigers + ? + do + like + the + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .like + .the + .forest
 ===tigers are liking mysterious forest===
-  tigers + like + the + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .like + .the + .? + .forest
-  tigers + do + like + the + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .like + .the + .? + .forest
 <br>
 ==Butter==
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 * to spread or coat something with butter.
 <br>
-<s>'''!!''' it also only works as a verb when '''<tigers>''' is directly followed by as the subject. however by linguistic extension, it can be also be apply to other subject nouns.(i hope)</s>
+<s>'''!!'''  technically, it also only works as a verb only when '''<tigers>''' is the subject. however by linguistic extension, it may also be apply to other subject nouns.(i hope)</s>
 </div>
 <br>
 ===tigers are buttering===
-  tigers + butter
+  .tigers + .butter
-  tigers + do + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .butter
 ===tigers are not sure about buttering===
-  tigers + ? + butter
+  .tigers + .? + .butter
-  tigers + butter + ?
+  .tigers + .butter + .?
-  tigers + ? + do + butter
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .butter
-  tigers + do + ? + butter
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .butter
-  tigers + do + butter + ?
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .?
 <br>
 ===tigers are buttering forest===
-  tigers + butter + forest
+  .tigers + .butter + .forest
-  tigers + butter + the +forest
+  .tigers + .butter + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + the +forest
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .the + .forest
 ===tigers are reluctant to butter forest===
-  tigers + ? + butter + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .butter + .forest
-  tigers + butter + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .butter + .? + .forest
-  tigers + butter + forest + ?
+  .tigers + .butter + .forest + .?
-  tigers + ? + butter + the + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .butter + .the + .forest
-  tigers + butter + ? + the + forest
+  .tigers + .butter + .? + .the + .forest
-  tigers + butter + the + forest + ?
+  .tigers + .butter + .the + .forest + .?
-  tigers + ? + do + butter + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .butter + .forest
-  tigers + do + ? + butter + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .butter + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .? + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + forest + ?
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .forest + .?
-  tigers + ? + do + butter + the + forest
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .butter + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + ? + butter + the + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .butter + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + ? + the + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .? + .the + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + the + forest + ?
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .the + .forest + ?
 ===tigers are buttering mysterious forest===
-  tigers + butter + the + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .butter + .the + .? + .forest
-  tigers + do + butter + the + ? + forest
+  .tigers + .do + .butter + .the + .? + .forest
 <br>
 ==Melt==
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 * make or become more tender or loving.
 <br>
-'''!!''' it also only works as a verb when '''<tigers>''' is directly followed by as the subject. however by linguistic extension, it can be also be apply to other subject nouns.(i hope)
+'''!!''' technically, it also only works as a verb only when '''<tigers>''' is the subject. however by linguistic extension, it may also be apply to other subject nouns.(i hope)
 </div>
 ===tigers are melting===
-  tigers + melt
+  .tigers + .melt
-  tigers + do + melt
+  .tigers + .do + .melt
 ===tigers are not sure about melting===
-  tigers + ? + melt
+  .tigers + .? + .melt
-  tigers + melt + ?
+  .tigers + .melt + .?
-  tigers + ? + do + melt
+  .tigers + .? + .do + .melt
-  tigers + do + ? + melt
+  .tigers + .do + .? + .melt
-  tigers + do + melt + ?
+  .tigers + .do + .melt + .?
 <br>
 ===tigers are melting butter===
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 if one permutation generates this 8 word sentence, which turns the original question into an affirmative statement:
 <br><br>
-<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;"><code>tigers</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>do</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>melt</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>like</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>butter</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>in</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>the</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>forest</code></div>
+<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;"><code>.tigers</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.do</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.melt</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.like</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.butter</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.in</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.the</code>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<code>.forest</code></div>
 <br>
 then the browser screen could maybe look like it's crashing, glitching, or collapsing, or just go black with the inverted sentence.