From df5ad0550626a4f6b4c6fc46b8822c98607e858f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krasimir Angelov <kr.angelov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:21:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] don't allow syntagmatic words where BIND is expected

---
 src/runtime/c/pgf/parser.cxx | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/runtime/c/pgf/parser.cxx b/src/runtime/c/pgf/parser.cxx
index 4c8e1e73b..86a5e43bf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/c/pgf/parser.cxx
+++ b/src/runtime/c/pgf/parser.cxx
@@ -1479,9 +1479,16 @@ PgfAbstractParser::State *PgfParser::new_state(const PgfTextSpot &start, prob_t
 
 void PgfParser::symbol_token(Item *item, State *state, ref<PgfSymbolKS> symks)
 {
-    PgfTextSpot next = state->end;
-    if (text_symbol_cmp(sentence,&next,symks,case_sensitive) != 0)
+    if (state->needs_bind) {
+        delete item;
         return;
+    }
+
+    PgfTextSpot next = state->end;
+    if (text_symbol_cmp(sentence,&next,symks,case_sensitive) != 0) {
+        delete item;
+        return;
+    }
 
     State *next_state = new_state(next, item->inside_prob+item->outside_prob);