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<i> Produced by
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gfdoc - a rudimentary GF document generator.
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(c) Aarne Ranta (aarne@cs.chalmers.se) 2002 under GNU GPL.
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<h1> Relative clauses and pronouns</h1>
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<pre>
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abstract Relative = Cat ** {
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fun
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</pre>
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The simplest way to form a relative clause is from a clause by
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a pronoun similar to <i>such that</i>.
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<pre>
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RelCl : Cl -> RCl ; -- such that John loves her
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</pre>
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The more proper ways are from a verb phrase
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(formed in [``Verb`` Verb.html]) or a sentence
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with a missing noun phrase (formed in [``Sentence`` Sentence.html]).
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<pre>
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RelVP : RP -> VP -> RCl ; -- who loves John
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RelSlash : RP -> ClSlash -> RCl ; -- whom John loves
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</pre>
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Relative pronouns are formed from an 'identity element' by prefixing
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or suffixing (depending on language) prepositional phrases or genitives.
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<pre>
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IdRP : RP ; -- which
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FunRP : Prep -> NP -> RP -> RP ; -- the mother of whom
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}
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</pre>
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