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<TITLE> Phrase: Phrases and Utterances</TITLE>
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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1> Phrase: Phrases and Utterances</H1>
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<I>Last update: 2006-12-13 09:36:48 CET</I><BR>
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(c) Aarne Ranta (<A HREF="mailto:aarne@cs.chalmers.se">aarne@cs.chalmers.se</A>) 2002 under GNU GPL.
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abstract Phrase = Cat ** {
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When a phrase is built from an utterance it can be prefixed
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with a phrasal conjunction (such as <I>but</I>, <I>therefore</I>)
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and suffixing with a vocative (typically a noun phrase).
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fun
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PhrUtt : PConj -> Utt -> Voc -> Phr ; -- But go home my friend.
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Utterances are formed from sentences, questions, and imperatives.
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UttS : S -> Utt ; -- John walks
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UttQS : QS -> Utt ; -- is it good
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UttImpSg : Pol -> Imp -> Utt; -- (don't) help yourself
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UttImpPl : Pol -> Imp -> Utt; -- (don't) help yourselves
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UttImpPol : Pol -> Imp -> Utt ; -- (don't) help (polite)
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There are also 'one-word utterances'. A typical use of them is
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as answers to questions.
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<B>Note</B>. This list is incomplete. More categories could be covered.
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Moreover, in many languages e.g. noun phrases in different cases
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can be used.
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UttIP : IP -> Utt ; -- who
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UttIAdv : IAdv -> Utt ; -- why
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UttNP : NP -> Utt ; -- this man
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UttAdv : Adv -> Utt ; -- here
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UttVP : VP -> Utt ; -- to sleep
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The phrasal conjunction is optional. A sentence conjunction
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can also used to prefix an utterance.
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NoPConj : PConj ;
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PConjConj : Conj -> PConj ; -- and
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The vocative is optional. Any noun phrase can be made into vocative,
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which may be overgenerating (e.g. <I>I</I>).
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NoVoc : Voc ;
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VocNP : NP -> Voc ; -- my friend
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