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--1 The category system
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abstract Cat = {
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cat
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--2 Top-level units
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-- Constructed in [Phrase Phrase.html].
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Text ; -- text consisting of several phrases
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Phr ; -- phrase in a text e.g. "But be quiet my darling."
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Utt ; -- sentence, question, word... e.g. "be quiet"
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Voc ; -- vocative or "please" e.g. "my darling"
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--2 Tensed sentences
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-- Constructed in [Tensed Tensed.html].
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-- A simplified variant, with just present forms, is [Untensed Untensed.html].
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S ; -- declarative sentence e.g. "she lived here"
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QS ; -- question e.g. "where did she live"
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RS ; -- relative e.g. "in which she lived"
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--2 Clauses
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-- Constructed in [Sentence Sentence.html].
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Cl ; -- declarative clause, with all tenses e.g. "she looks at this"
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Slash ; -- clause missing NP (S/NP in GPSG) e.g. "she looks at"
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Imp ; -- imperative e.g. "look at this"
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SC ; -- embedded sentence or question e.g. "that it rains"
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--2 Questions and interrogatives
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-- Constructed in [Question Question.html].
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QCl ; -- question clause, with all tenses e.g. "why does she walk"
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IP ; -- interrogative pronoun e.g. "who"
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IAdv ; -- interrogative adverb e.g. "why"
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IDet ; -- interrogative determiner e.g. "which"
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--2 Relative clauses and pronouns
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-- Constructed in [Relative Relative.html].
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RCl ; -- relative clause, with all tenses e.g. "in which she lives"
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RP ; -- relative pronoun e.g. "in which"
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--2 Verb phrases
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-- Constructed in [Verb Verb.html].
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VP ; -- verb phrase e.g. "is very warm"
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Comp ; -- complement of copula, such as AP e.g. "very warm"
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--2 Adjectival phrases
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-- Constructed in [Adjective Adjective.html].
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AP ; -- adjectival phrase e.g. "very warm"
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--2 Nouns and noun phrases
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-- Constructed in [Noun Noun.html].
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-- Many atomic noun phrases e.g. "everybody"
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-- are constructed in [Structural Structural.html].
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-- The determiner structure is
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-- ``` Predet (QuantSg | QuantPl Num) Ord
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-- as defined in [Noun Noun.html].
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CN ; -- common noun (without determiner) e.g. "red house"
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NP ; -- noun phrase (subject or object) e.g. "the red house"
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Pron ; -- personal pronoun e.g. "she"
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Det ; -- determiner phrase e.g. "all the seven"
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Predet; -- predeterminer (prefixed Quant) e.g. "all"
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QuantSg;-- quantifier ('nucleus' of sing. Det) e.g. "this"
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QuantPl;-- quantifier ('nucleus' of plur. Det) e.g. "these"
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Num ; -- cardinal number (used with QuantPl) e.g. "seven"
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Ord ; -- ordinal number (used in Det) e.g. "seventh"
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--2 Adverbs
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-- Constructed in [Adverb Adverb.html].
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-- Many adverbs are constructed in [Structural Structural.html].
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Adv ; -- verb-phrase-modifying adverb, e.g. "in the house"
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AdV ; -- adverb directly attached to verb e.g. "always"
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AdA ; -- adjective-modifying adverb, e.g. "very"
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AdN ; -- numeral-modifying adverb, e.g. "more than"
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--2 Numerals
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-- Constructed in [Numeral Numeral.html].
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Numeral;-- cardinal or ordinal, e.g. "five/fifth"
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--2 Structural words
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-- Constructed in [Structural Structural.html].
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Conj ; -- conjunction, e.g. "and"
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DConj ; -- distributed conj. e.g. "both - and"
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PConj ; -- phrase-beginning conj. e.g. "therefore"
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CAdv ; -- comparative adverb e.g. "more"
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Subj ; -- subjunction, e.g. "if"
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Prep ; -- preposition, or just case e.g. "in"
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--2 Words of open classes
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-- These are constructed in [Basic Basic.html] and in additional lexicon modules.
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V ; -- one-place verb e.g. "sleep"
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V2 ; -- two-place verb e.g. "love"
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V3 ; -- three-place verb e.g. "show"
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VV ; -- verb-phrase-complement verb e.g. "want"
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VS ; -- sentence-complement verb e.g. "claim"
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VQ ; -- question-complement verb e.g. "ask"
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VA ; -- adjective-complement verb e.g. "look"
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V2A ; -- verb with NP and AP complement e.g. "paint"
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A ; -- one-place adjective e.g. "warm"
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A2 ; -- two-place adjective e.g. "divisible"
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N ; -- common noun e.g. "house"
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N2 ; -- relational noun e.g. "son"
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N3 ; -- three-place relational noun e.g. "connection"
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PN ; -- proper name e.g. "Paris"
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}
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