"Philip Lewis" wrote in message
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Please tell me all the possible meanings you see in this:
"I want to go out when it's dark and smell the moonflowers."

only two obvious ones:
"I want to (go out when it's dark) and (smell the moonflowers.)"
"When it's dark, I want to (go out and smell the moonflowers)."

You rearranged things a bit, but the meaning is still there. Here's the
meaning which is NOT there, no matter how the words are arranged:

"I want to spend an unpredictable, but possibly very inconvenient amount of
time, and possibly money cleaning my shoes and carpets after I've enjoyed a
few minutes outside with the flowers."

And, something implied:
"I do NOT want to spend 5 minutes with a large flashlight, making sure my
lawn's not a minefield on the way to the flowers".