Is an adjective/noun adjunct carried by reference with the word "another"

Question

I am looking for the best interpretation of the phrase:

... if one structured property contains another, only one of them can be repeated.

Which is central to a StackOverflow question.

In particular, of the following two interpretations, which is (arguably more) correct:

1. "if one structured property contains another property, ..."
2. "if one structured property contains another structured property, ..."

Alternatively, is the phrase impossible to disambiguate?

Are there any rules of linguistic canon that may apply?

Answer 1

It this case it is not impossible to disambiguate because the word "one" semantically draws the line for you:

... if one structured property contains another, only one of them can be repeated.

It's "one" unto "another." The word "one" pointedly precedes and so captures both the noun "property" and its adjunct "structured" and carries them both unto "another," or "one other." If the sentence didn't use a anything before "structure," neither an article nor "one," I might not be so firm in this conviction. As it stands, though, the "one" clearly encompasses the adjunct "structured" and parallels it into "an other."