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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1> Symbolic expressions</H1>
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<I>Last update: 2006-11-23 12:18:08 CET</I><BR>
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<LI><A HREF="#toc1">Noun phrases with symbols and numbers</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc2">Sentence consisting of a formula</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc3">Symbols as numerals</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc4">Symbol lists</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc5">Obsolescent</A>
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<B>Note</B>. This module is not automatically included in the main
grammar <A HREF="Lang.html">Lang</A>.
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abstract Symbol = Cat, PredefAbs ** {
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<H2>Noun phrases with symbols and numbers</H2>
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fun
SymbPN : Symb -&gt; PN ; -- x
IntPN : Int -&gt; PN ; -- 27
FloatPN : Float -&gt; PN ; -- 3.14159
CNNumNP : CN -&gt; Num -&gt; NP ; -- level five ; level 5
CNSymbNP : Det -&gt; CN -&gt; [Symb] -&gt; NP ; -- (the) (2) numbers x and y
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<H2>Sentence consisting of a formula</H2>
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SymbS : Symb -&gt; S ; -- A
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<H2>Symbols as numerals</H2>
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SymbNum : Symb -&gt; Num ; -- n
SymbOrd : Symb -&gt; Ord ; -- n'th
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<H2>Symbol lists</H2>
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A symbol list has at least two elements. The last two are separated
by a conjunction (<I>and</I> in English), the others by commas.
This produces <I>x, y and z</I>, in English.
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cat
Symb ;
[Symb]{2} ;
fun
MkSymb : String -&gt; Symb ;
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<H2>Obsolescent</H2>
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CNIntNP : CN -&gt; Int -&gt; NP ; -- level 53 (covered by CNNumNP)
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