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(c) Aarne Ranta (aarne@cs.chalmers.se) 2002 under GNU GPL.
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<h1> GF Resource Grammar API for Structural Words</h1>
AR 21/11/2003
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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. <tt>TheyNP</tt> in French
should really be replaced by masculine and feminine variants.
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abstract Structural = Combinations ** {
fun
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<h2> Determiners and noun phrases</h2>
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Many plural determiners can take a numeral modifier. So can the plural
pronouns <i>we</i> and <i>you</i>.
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EveryDet, WhichDet, AllMassDet, -- every, sg which, sg all
SomeDet, AnyDet, NoDet, -- sg some, any, no
MostDet, MostsDet, ManyDet, MuchDet : Det ; -- sg most, pl most, many, much
ThisDet, ThatDet : Det ; -- this, that
AllNumDet, WhichNumDet, -- pl all, which (86)
SomeNumDet, AnyNumDet, NoNumDet, -- pl some, any, no
TheseNumDet, ThoseNumDet : Num -> Det ; -- these, those (86)
ThisNP, ThatNP : NP ; -- this, that
TheseNumNP, ThoseNumNP : Num -> NP ; -- these, those (86)
INP, ThouNP, HeNP, SheNP, ItNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in singular
WeNumNP, YeNumNP : Num -> NP ; -- these pronouns can take numeral
TheyNP : NP ; YouNP : NP ; -- they, the polite you
EverybodyNP, SomebodyNP, NobodyNP, -- everybody, somebody, nobody
EverythingNP, SomethingNP, NothingNP : NP ; -- everything, something, nothing
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<h2> Auxiliary verbs</h2>
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Depending on language, all, some, or none of there verbs belong to
a separate class of <b>auxiliary</b> verbs. The list is incomplete.
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CanVV, CanKnowVV, MustVV : VV ; -- can (pouvoir,savoir), must
WantVV : VV ; -- want (to do)
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<h2> Adverbials</h2>
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WhenIAdv,WhereIAdv,WhyIAdv,HowIAdv : IAdv ; -- when, where, why, how
EverywhereNP, SomewhereNP,NowhereNP : AdV ; -- everywhere, somewhere, nowhere
VeryAdv, TooAdv : AdA ; -- very, too
AlmostAdv, QuiteAdv : AdA ; -- almost, quite
OtherwiseAdv, ThereforeAdv : AdS ; -- therefore, otherwise
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<h2> Conjunctions and subjunctions</h2>
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AndConj, OrConj : Conj ; -- and, or
BothAnd, EitherOr, NeitherNor : ConjD ; -- both-and, either-or, neither-nor
IfSubj, WhenSubj, AlthoughSubj : Subj ; -- if, when, although
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<h2> Prepositions</h2>
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We have chosen a set of semantic relations expressible
by prepositions in some languages, by cases or postpositions in
others. Complement uses of prepositions are not included, and
should be treated by the use of many-place verbs, adjectives, and
functions.
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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
PossessPrep : Prep ; -- possessive/genitive
PartPrep : Prep ; -- partitive "of" ("bottle of wine")
AgentPrep : Prep ; -- agent "by" in passive constructions
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<h2> Affirmation and negation</h2>
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The negative-positive (French <i>si</i>, German <i>doch</i>) is missing.
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PhrYes, PhrNo : Phr ; -- yes, no
}
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