--1 GF Resource Grammar API for Structural Words -- -- AR 21/11/2003 -- -- Here we have some words belonging to closed classes and appearing -- in all languages we have considered. -- Sometimes they are not really meaningful, e.g. $TheyNP$ in French -- should really be replaced by masculine and feminine variants. abstract Structural = Categories, Numerals ** { fun --! --2 Determiners and noun phrases -- -- Many plural determiners can take a numeral modifier. So can the plural -- pronouns "we" and "you". EveryDet, WhichDet, AllMassDet, -- every, sg which, sg all HowManyDet, --- should actually be interrogative SomeDet, AnyDet, NoDet, -- sg some, any, no MostDet, MostsDet, ManyDet, MuchDet : Det ; -- sg most, pl most, many, much ThisDet, ThatDet : Det ; -- this, that AllNumDet, WhichNumDet, -- pl all, which (86) SomeNumDet, AnyNumDet, NoNumDet, -- pl some, any, no TheseNumDet, ThoseNumDet : Num -> Det ; -- these, those (86) ThisNP, ThatNP : NP ; -- this, that TheseNumNP, ThoseNumNP : Num -> NP ; -- these, those (86) INP, ThouNP, HeNP, SheNP, ItNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in singular WeNumNP, YeNumNP : Num -> NP ; -- these pronouns can take numeral TheyNP : NP ; YouNP : NP ; -- they, the polite you TheyFemNP : NP ; EverybodyNP, SomebodyNP, NobodyNP, -- everybody, somebody, nobody EverythingNP, SomethingNP, NothingNP : NP ; -- everything, something, nothing UseNumeral : Numeral -> Num ; -- "thirty-two" --- assumes i > 1 --! --2 Auxiliary verbs -- -- Depending on language, all, some, or none of there verbs belong to -- a separate class of *auxiliary* verbs. The list is incomplete. CanVV, CanKnowVV, MustVV : VV ; -- can (pouvoir,savoir), must WantVV : VV ; -- want (to do) --! --2 Adverbials -- WhenIAdv,WhereIAdv,WhyIAdv,HowIAdv : IAdv ; -- when, where, why, how EverywhereNP, SomewhereNP,NowhereNP : Adv ; -- everywhere, somewhere, nowhere VeryAdv, TooAdv : AdA ; -- very, too AlmostAdv, QuiteAdv : AdA ; -- almost, quite OtherwiseAdv, ThereforeAdv : AdS ; -- therefore, otherwise --! --2 Conjunctions and subjunctions -- AndConj, OrConj : Conj ; -- and, or BothAnd, EitherOr, NeitherNor : ConjD ; -- both-and, either-or, neither-nor IfSubj, WhenSubj, AlthoughSubj : Subj ; -- if, when, although --! --2 Prepositions -- -- We have chosen a set of semantic relations expressible -- by prepositions in some languages, by cases or postpositions in -- others. Complement uses of prepositions are not included, and -- should be treated by the use of many-place verbs, adjectives, and -- functions. InPrep, OnPrep, ToPrep, FromPrep, -- spatial relations ThroughPrep, AbovePrep, UnderPrep, InFrontPrep, BehindPrep, BetweenPrep : Prep ; BeforePrep, DuringPrep, AfterPrep : Prep ; -- temporal relations WithPrep, WithoutPrep, ByMeansPrep : Prep ; -- some other relations PossessPrep : Prep ; -- possessive/genitive PartPrep : Prep ; -- partitive "of" ("bottle of wine") AgentPrep : Prep ; -- agent "by" in passive constructions --! --2 Affirmation and negation -- -- The negative-positive (French "si", German "doch") is missing. PhrYes, PhrNo : Phr ; -- yes, no }