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--2 Examples of structural words
--
-- 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 = Combinations ** {
fun
EveryDet, AllDet, WhichDet, MostDet : Det ; -- every, all, which, most
SomeDet, SomesDet, AnyDet, AnysDet, NoDet, -- sg/pl some, any, no
NosDet, ManyDet, MuchDet : Det ; -- many, much
ThisDet, TheseDet, ThatDet, ThoseDet : Det ;-- (this, these, that, those) car(s)
ThisNP, TheseNP, ThatNP, ThoseNP : NP ; -- this, these, that, those
INP, ThouNP, HeNP, SheNP, ItNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in singular
WeNP, YeNP, TheyNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in plural
YouNP : NP ; -- the polite you
EverybodyNP, SomebodyNP, NobodyNP, -- everybody, somebody, nobody
EverythingNP, SomethingNP, NothingNP : NP ; -- everything, something, nothing
WhenIAdv,WhereIAdv,WhyIAdv,HowIAdv : IAdv ; -- when, where, why, how
EverywhereNP, SomewhereNP, NowhereNP : AdV ;-- everywhere, somewhere, nowhere
AndConj, OrConj : Conj ; -- and, or
BothAnd, EitherOr, NeitherNor : ConjD ; -- both-and, either-or, neither-nor
IfSubj, WhenSubj, AlthoughSubj : Subj ; -- if, when, although
PhrYes, PhrNo : Phr ; -- yes, no
VeryAdv, TooAdv : AdA ; -- very, too
AlmostAdv, QuiteAdv : AdA ; -- almost, quite
OtherwiseAdv, ThereforeAdv : AdS ; -- therefore, otherwise
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
AgentPrep : Prep ; -- agent "by" in passive constructions
}