You can create ambiguity through violations of syntax. Now we’re talking about actual grammar syntax, meaning word order. Syntax ambiguity means that the meaning of the statement is not readily clear because the syntax does not do the job it normally does of clarifying meaning. You can easily create examples by taking a participle, that is, the “ing” word, and a verb. For example, “Deeply comforting psychotherapy clients causes success.” What do you think? Am I saying that clients become successful by developing comforting personalities? Or is it that learning to self-sooth creates success through greater emotional stability? Or is it simply that when you comfort them, this leads to success? Add to that, the -ing word, “comforting,” could be a verb or an adjective. Consider all the transderivational searching packed into that simple, short sentence. And as for state elicitation, all three of these interpretations have to do with comfort and success, and the pathway to success. If you want your client to develop a state of mind and a mental direction that is about that, then this technique should help create those things.