Symbolic expressions

Last update: Sat Feb 25 22:36:00 2006
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Note. This module is not automatically included in the main grammar Lang. 

    abstract Symbol = Cat, PredefAbs ** {

Noun phrases with symbols and numbers

    fun
    
      SymbPN   : Symb -> PN ;                -- x
      IntPN    : Int -> PN ;                 -- 27
      FloatPN  : Float -> PN ;               -- 3.14159
      CNIntNP  : CN -> Int -> NP ;           -- level 53
      CNSymbNP : Det -> CN -> [Symb] -> NP ; -- (the) (2) numbers x and y

Symbol lists

A symbol list has at least two elements. The last two are separated by a conjunction (and in English), the others by commas. This produces x, y and z, in English. 

    cat
      Symb ;
      [Symb]{2} ;
    
    fun
      MkSymb : String -> Symb ;
    
    }