starting German: nouns

lib/resource-1.0/german/ParamGer.gf

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+--1 German parameters
+--
+-- This module defines the parameter types specific to German.
+-- Some parameters, such as $Number$, are inherited from $ParamX$.
+--
+
+resource ParamGer = ParamX ** {
+
+--2 For $Noun$
+
+-- These are the standard four-value case and three-value gender.
+
+  param
+    Case = Nom | Acc | Dat | Gen ;
+    Gender = Masc | Fem | Neutr ;
+
+-- Complex $CN$s, like adjectives, have strong and weak forms.
+
+    Adjf = Strong | Weak ;
+
+---- Agreement of $NP$ is a record. We'll add $Gender$ later.
+--
+--  oper
+--    Agr = {n : Number ; p : Person} ;
+--
+--  param 
+--    Gender = Neutr | Masc | Fem ;
+--
+----2 For $Verb$
+--
+---- Only these five forms are needed for open-lexicon verbs.
+--
+--  param
+--    VForm = VInf | VPres | VPast | VPPart | VPresPart ;
+--
+---- The order of sentence is needed already in $VP$.
+--
+--    Order = ODir | OQuest ;
+--
+--
+----2 For $Adjective$
+--
+--    AForm = AAdj Degree | AAdv ;
+--
+----2 For $Relative$
+-- 
+--    RAgr = RNoAg | RAg {n : Number ; p : Person} ;
+--
+----2 For $Numeral$
+--
+--    CardOrd = NCard | NOrd ;
+--    DForm = unit | teen | ten  ;
+--
+----2 Transformations between parameter types
+--
+--  oper
+--    agrP3 : Number -> Agr = \n -> 
+--      {n = n ; p = P3} ;
+--
+--    conjAgr : Agr -> Agr -> Agr = \a,b -> {
+--      n = conjNumber a.n b.n ;
+--      p = conjPerson a.p b.p
+--      } ;
+--
+}