> 1. The glirp couldn't fit on the vell because it was too small. Situation 1: vell=table, glirp=dish. "It" refers to the vell. Situation 2: vell=bolt, glirp=

> 1. The glirp couldn't fit on the vell because it was too small. Situation 1: vell=table, glirp=dish. "It" refers to the vell. Situation 2: vell=bolt, glirp=nut. "It" refers to the glirp. Replace "on" with "in", and maybe there's less ambiguity.