Documentation, Chapter 22 ... Huh? Help Me Understand Please

I have used it to allocate a phrase as a property:

An animal has a phrase animal -> text called size. The size of an animal is usually determined by weighing. The size of the rat is determined by measuring. The size of the partridges is determined by estimation.

To decide what text is the rough dimensions of (A - an animal)(this is determined by estimation):
	if A is the partridges, decide on "about 12 pennyweight";
	decide on "fairly average-sized".

To decide what text is the dimensions of (A - an animal)(this is determined by weighing):
	if A is the rat, decide on "small";
	decide on "average-weight".
	
To decide what text is the extent of (A - an animal)(this is determined by measuring):
	if A is the rat, decide on "12 inches long- that with the tail!";
	decide on "[A]-length".

To say heft of (A - an animal): say "[size of A applied to A]". [Now we can write either [size of the noun applied to the noun] or just [heft of the noun]]

The description of an animal is usually "[The item described] [are] [heft of the item described].".
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