extending English coverage by verbs

lib/resource/exper/Irreg.cf

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+V ::= "ate" | "awake" | "awakes" | "awaking" | "awoke" | "awoken" | "bade" | "bear" | "bearing" | "bears" | "beat" | "beating" | "beats" | "became" | "become" | "becomes" | "becoming" | "began" | "begin" | "begining" | "begins" | "begun" | "bend" | "bending" | "bends" | "bent" | "beset" | "beseting" | "besets" | "bet" | "bets" | "betting" | "bid" | "bidden" | "bidding" | "bids" | "bind" | "binding" | "binds" | "bit" | "bite" | "bites" | "biting" | "bitten" | "bled" | "bleed" | "bleeding" | "bleeds" | "blew" | "blow" | "blowing" | "blown" | "blows" | "bore" | "born" | "bought" | "bound" | "break" | "breaking" | "breaks" | "bred" | "breed" | "breeding" | "breeds" | "bring" | "bringing" | "brings" | "broadcast" | "broadcasting" | "broadcasts" | "broke" | "broken" | "brought" | "build" | "building" | "builds" | "built" | "burn" | "burned" | "burning" | "burns" | "burnt" | "burst" | "bursting" | "bursts" | "buy" | "buying" | "buys" | "came" | "cast" | "casting" | "casts" | "catch" | "catches" | "catching" | "caught" | "choose" | "chooses" | "choosing" | "chose" | "chosen" | "cling" | "clinging" | "clings" | "clung" | "come" | "comes" | "coming" | "cost" | "costing" | "costs" | "creep" | "creeping" | "creeps" | "crept" | "cut" | "cuts" | "cutting" | "deal" | "dealing" | "deals" | "dealt" | "did" | "dig" | "digging" | "digs" | "dive" | "dived" | "dives" | "diving" | "do" | "does" | "doing" | "done" | "dove" | "drank" | "draw" | "drawing" | "drawn" | "draws" | "dream" | "dreamed" | "dreaming" | "dreams" | "dreamt" | "drew" | "drink" | "drinking" | "drinks" | "drive" | "driven" | "drives" | "driving" | "drove" | "drunk" | "dug" | "eat" | "eaten" | "eating" | "eats" | "fall" | "fallen" | "falling" | "falls" | "fed" | "feed" | "feeding" | "feeds" | "feel" | "feeling" | "feels" | "fell" | "felt" | "fight" | "fighting" | "fights" | "find" | "finding" | "finds" | "fit" | "fits" | "fitting" | "fled" | "flee" | "fleeing" | "flees" | "flew" | "flies" | "fling" | "flinging" | "flings" | "flown" | "flung" | "fly" | "flying" | "forbade" | "forbid" | "forbidden" | "forbidding" | "forbids" | "forgave" | "forget" | "forgets" | "forgetting" | "forgive" | "forgiven" | "forgives" | "forgiving" | "forgot" | "forgotten" | "forsake" | "forsaken" | "forsakes" | "forsaking" | "forsook" | "fought" | "found" | "freeze" | "freezes" | "freezing" | "froze" | "frozen" | "gave" | "get" | "gets" | "getting" | "give" | "given" | "gives" | "giving" | "go" | "going" | "gone" | "gos" | "got" | "gotten" | "grew" | "grind" | "grinding" | "grinds" | "ground" | "grow" | "growing" | "grown" | "grows" | "had" | "hang" | "hanging" | "hangs" | "has" | "have" | "having" | "hear" | "heard" | "hearing" | "hears" | "held" | "hid" | "hidden" | "hide" | "hides" | "hiding" | "hit" | "hits" | "hitting" | "hold" | "holding" | "holds" | "hung" | "hurt" | "hurting" | "hurts" | "keep" | "keeping" | "keeps" | "kept" | "kneel" | "kneeling" | "kneels" | "knelt" | "knew" | "knit" | "knits" | "knitting" | "know" | "knowing" | "knows" | "laid" | "lain" | "lay" | "laying" | "lays" | "lead" | "leading" | "leads" | "leap" | "leaped" | "leaping" | "leaps" | "learn" | "learned" | "learning" | "learns" | "learnt" | "leave" | "leaves" | "leaving" | "led" | "left" | "lend" | "lending" | "lends" | "lent" | "lept" | "let" | "lets" | "letting" | "lie" | "lies" | "light" | "lighted" | "lighting" | "lights" | "liing" | "lit" | "lose" | "loses" | "losing" | "lost" | "made" | "make" | "makes" | "making" | "mean" | "meaning" | "means" | "meant" | "meet" | "meeting" | "meets" | "met" | "misspell" | "misspelled" | "misspelling" | "misspells" | "misspelt" | "mistake" | "mistaken" | "mistakes" | "mistaking" | "mistook" | "mow" | "mowed" | "mowing" | "mown" | "mows" | "overcame" | "overcome" | "overcomes" | "overcoming" | "overdid" | "overdo" | "overdoes" | "overdoing" | "overdone" | "overtake" | "overtaken" | "overtakes" | "overtaking" | "overthrew" | "overthrow" | "overthrowing" | "overthrown" | "overthrows" | "overtook" | "paid" | "pay" | "paying" | "pays" | "plead" | "pleading" | "pleads" | "pled" | "prove" | "proved" | "proven" | "proves" | "proving" | "put" | "puts" | "putting" | "quit" | "quits" | "quitting" | "ran" | "rang" | "read" | "reading" | "reads" | "rid" | "ridden" | "ridding" | "ride" | "rides" | "riding" | "rids" | "ring" | "ringing" | "rings" | "rise" | "risen" | "rises" | "rising" | "rode" | "rose" | "run" | "rung" | "running" | "runs" | "said" | "sang" | "sank" | "sat" | "saw" | "sawed" | "sawing" | "sawn" | "saws" | "say" | "saying" | "says" | "see" | "seeing" | "seek" | "seeking" | "seeks" | "seen" | "sees" | "sell" | "selling" | "sells" | "send" | "sending" | "sends" | "sent" | "set" | "sets" | "setting" | "sew" | "sewed" | "sewing" | "sewn" | "sews" | "shake" | "shaken" | "shakes" | "shaking" | "shave" | "shaved" | "shaven" | "shaves" | "shaving" | "shear" | "shearing" | "shears" | "shed" | "shedding" | "sheds" | "shine" | "shines" | "shining" | "shod" | "shoe" | "shoedLine truncated

lib/resource/exper/Lex.cf

@@ -19,23 +19,24 @@ A  ::= "marvellous" ;
 -- AQ ::= "independent" ;
 A2 ::= "independent" ;
 
-V0 ::= "rain" | "rains" ;
-V  ::= "sleeps" | "sleep" ;
-V2 ::= "loves" | "love" ;
-V3 ::= "sends" | "send" ;
-VV ::= "wants" | "want" ;
+V0 ::= "rain" | "rains" | "rained" ;
+V  ::= "sleeps" | "sleep" | "slept" ;
+V2 ::= "loves" | "love" | "loved" ;
+V3 ::= "sends" | "send" | "sent" ;
+VV ::= "wants" | "want" | "wanted" ;
 
-V2 ::= "says" | "say" ;
-V2 ::= "asks" | "ask" ;
+V2 ::= "says" | "say" | "said" ;
+V2 ::= "asks" | "ask" | "asked" ;
 
 Adv  ::= "here" | "there" ;
+Adv  ::= "from" "here" | "from" "there" ;
+Adv  ::= "today" | "tomorrow" | "yesterday" ; 
 AdA  ::= "very" | "too" | "quite" | "much" "too" ;
-AdV  ::= "always" | "almost" ;
+AdV  ::= "always" | "almost" | "just" ;
 AdN  ::= "less" "than" | "more" "than" | "almost" | "exactly" | "about" ;
 
--- a bigger lexicon
 
-N    ::= "car" | "house" | "flight" | "aircraft" ;
-N_Pl ::= "cars" | "houses" | "flights" | "aircraft" ;
+--- does this give too much?
+Adv ::= "last" N | "next" N ;
 
 PN ::= "Boston" | "New" "York" | "Baltimore" ;

lib/resource/exper/Participle.cf

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- to recognize passives and present participles; overgen now
+Comp ::= VP ;
+

lib/resource/exper/Rules.cf

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
--- include Noun.cf Adj.cf Verb.cf Sent.cf Adverb.cf Phrase.cf Numeral.cf Structural.cf Lex.cf Biglex.cf Coord.cf
+-- include Noun.cf Adj.cf Verb.cf Sent.cf Adverb.cf Phrase.cf Numeral.cf Structural.cf Lex.cf Biglex.cf Coord.cf Tense.cf Irreg.cf Participle.cf 
 

lib/resource/exper/Structural.cf

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Pron   ::= "me" | "him" | "her" | "us" | "them" ;
 Poss   ::= "my" | "your" | "his" | "her" | "our" | "their" | "its" ;
 
 Prep ::= "about" | "at" | "by" | "for" | "from" | "in" | "of" | "on" | "to" | "with" ;
+Prep ::= "after" | "before" | "despite" | "during" ;
 
 IAdv ::= "why" | "where" | "when" | "how" ;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ NP ::= "this" | "that" | "those" | "these" ;
 Conj ::= "and" | "or" ;
 
 Subj ::= "if" | "when" | "although" | "though" ;
+Subj ::= "before" | "after" | "while" | "because" ;
 
 -- these may be eliminated in gf
 

lib/resource/exper/Verb.cf

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ V ::= V0 ;
 UseV.    VP ::= V ;
 ComplV2. VP ::= V2 NP ;
 
+VP ::= VP SC ;
+
 -- ComplV3. VP ::= V3 NP NP ;
 V2 ::= V3 ; -- via pp's
 
@@ -19,3 +21,5 @@ Comp ::= AP_post ; -- not needed in gf
 Mod ::= Do ;
 
 -- partial saturation
+
+V ::= V2 ;