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This module defines the categories that uniformly have the linearization
{s : Str} in all languages.
Moreover, this module defines the abstract parameters of tense, polarity, and
anteriority, which are used in Phrase to generate different
forms of sentences. Together they give 2 x 4 x 4 = 16 sentence forms.
These tenses are defined for all languages in the library. More tenses
can be defined in the language extensions, e.g. the passé simple of
Romance languages.
abstract Common = {
cat
Constructed in Text: Text.
Text ; -- text consisting of several phrases e.g. "He is here. Why?"
Constructed in Phrase:
Phr ; -- phrase in a text e.g. "but be quiet please"
Utt ; -- sentence, question, word... e.g. "be quiet"
Voc ; -- vocative or "please" e.g. "my darling"
PConj ; -- phrase-beginning conj. e.g. "therefore"
Constructed in Sentence:
SC ; -- embedded sentence or question e.g. "that it rains"
Constructed in Adverb. Many adverbs are constructed in Structural.
Adv ; -- verb-phrase-modifying adverb, e.g. "in the house"
AdV ; -- adverb directly attached to verb e.g. "always"
AdA ; -- adjective-modifying adverb, e.g. "very"
AdN ; -- numeral-modifying adverb, e.g. "more than"
IAdv ; -- interrogative adverb e.g. "why"
CAdv ; -- comparative adverb e.g. "more"
Tense ; -- tense: present, past, future, conditional
Pol ; -- polarity: positive, negative
Ant ; -- anteriority: simultaneous, anterior
fun
PPos, PNeg : Pol ; -- I sleep/don't sleep
TPres : Tense ;
ASimul : Ant ;
TPast, TFut, TCond : Tense ; -- I slept/will sleep/would sleep --# notpresent
AAnter : Ant ; -- I have slept --# notpresent
}