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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> GF Resource Grammar API for Structural Words</h1>
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AR 21/11/2003
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Here we have some words belonging to closed classes and appearing
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in all languages we have considered.
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Sometimes they are not really meaningful, e.g. <tt>TheyNP</tt> in French
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should really be replaced by masculine and feminine variants.
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abstract Structural = Combinations ** {
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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
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pronouns <i>we</i> and <i>you</i>.
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EveryDet, WhichDet, AllMassDet, -- every, sg which, sg all
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SomeDet, AnyDet, NoDet, -- sg some, any, no
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MostDet, MostsDet, ManyDet, MuchDet : Det ; -- sg most, pl most, many, much
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ThisDet, ThatDet : Det ; -- this, that
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AllNumDet, WhichNumDet, -- pl all, which (86)
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SomeNumDet, AnyNumDet, NoNumDet, -- pl some, any, no
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TheseNumDet, ThoseNumDet : Num -> Det ; -- these, those (86)
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ThisNP, ThatNP : NP ; -- this, that
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TheseNumNP, ThoseNumNP : Num -> NP ; -- these, those (86)
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INP, ThouNP, HeNP, SheNP, ItNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in singular
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WeNumNP, YeNumNP : Num -> NP ; -- these pronouns can take numeral
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TheyNP : NP ; YouNP : NP ; -- they, the polite you
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EverybodyNP, SomebodyNP, NobodyNP, -- everybody, somebody, nobody
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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
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a separate class of <b>auxiliary</b> verbs. The list is incomplete.
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CanVV, CanKnowVV, MustVV : VV ; -- can (pouvoir,savoir), must
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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
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EverywhereNP, SomewhereNP,NowhereNP : AdV ; -- everywhere, somewhere, nowhere
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VeryAdv, TooAdv : AdA ; -- very, too
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AlmostAdv, QuiteAdv : AdA ; -- almost, quite
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OtherwiseAdv, ThereforeAdv : AdS ; -- therefore, otherwise
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<h2> Conjunctions and subjunctions</h2>
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AndConj, OrConj : Conj ; -- and, or
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BothAnd, EitherOr, NeitherNor : ConjD ; -- both-and, either-or, neither-nor
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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
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by prepositions in some languages, by cases or postpositions in
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others. Complement uses of prepositions are not included, and
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should be treated by the use of many-place verbs, adjectives, and
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functions.
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InPrep, OnPrep, ToPrep, FromPrep, -- spatial relations
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ThroughPrep, AbovePrep, UnderPrep,
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InFrontPrep, BehindPrep, BetweenPrep : Prep ;
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BeforePrep, DuringPrep, AfterPrep : Prep ; -- temporal relations
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WithPrep, WithoutPrep, ByMeansPrep : Prep ; -- some other relations
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PossessPrep : Prep ; -- possessive/genitive
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PartPrep : Prep ; -- partitive "of" ("bottle of wine")
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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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