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abstract Cat = {
cat
-- Top-level units constructed in $Phrase$.
Text ; -- text consisting of several phrases
Phr ; -- phrase in a text e.g. "But be quiet my darling."
Utt ; -- sentence, question, "one-word utterance"... e.g. "be quiet"
Voc ; -- vocative or "please" e.g. "my darling"
-- Tensed sentences constructed in $Tensed$ and, with just present forms, in $Untensed$.
S ; -- declarative sentence e.g. "she lived here"
QS ; -- question e.g. "where did she live"
RS ; -- relative e.g. "in which she lived"
-- Clauses constructed in $Sentence$.
Cl ; -- declarative clause, with all tense forms e.g. "she looks at this"
Slash ; -- clause lacking object (S/NP in GPSG) e.g. "she looks at"
Imp ; -- imperative e.g. "look at this"
-- Questions and interrogatives, constructed in $Question$.
QCl ; -- question clause, with all tense forms e.g. "why does she walk"
IP ; -- interrogative pronoun e.g. "who"
IAdv ; -- interrogative adverb e.g. "why"
IDet ; -- interrogative determiner e.g. "which"
-- Relatives, constructed in $Relative$.
RCl ; -- relative clause, with all tense forms e.g. "in which she lives"
RP ; -- relative pronoun e.g. "in which"
-- Verb phrases, constructed in $Verb$.
VP ; -- verb phrase e.g. "is very warm"
Comp ; -- complement of copula, e.g. AP, NP e.g. "very warm"
SC ; -- sentential noun phrase: e.g. 'that' clause e.g. "that it rains"
-- Adjectival phrases, constructed in $Adjective$.
AP ; -- adjectival phrase e.g. "very warm"
-- Nouns and noun phrases, constructed in $Noun$ (many also in $Structural$).
CN ; -- common noun (needs determiner to make NP) e.g. "red house"
NP ; -- noun phrase (usable as subject or object) e.g. "the red house"
Pron ; -- personal pronoun e.g. "she"
Det ; -- determiner phrase e.g. "all the seven"
Predet; -- predeterminer (prefixed to a quantifier) e.g. "all"
Quant ; -- quantifier (the 'kernel' of a determiner) e.g. "the"
Num ; -- cardinal number (used in a determiner) e.g. "seven"
Ord ; -- ordinal number (used in a determiner) e.g. "first"
-- Adverbs, constructed in $Adverb$ (many also in $Structural$).
Adv ; -- verb-phrase-modifying adverb, e.g. "in the house"
AdV ; -- sentential adverb, typically close to verb e.g. "always"
AdA ; -- adjective-modifying adverb, e.g. "very"
AdN ; -- numeral-modifying adverb, e.g. "more than"
-- Numeral with cardinal and ordinal forms, constructed in $Numeral$.
Numeral;-- cardinal or ordinal, e.g. "five/fifth"
-- Structural words, constructed in $Structural$.
Conj ; -- conjunction, e.g. "and"
DConj ; -- distributed conj. e.g. "both - and"
PConj ; -- phrase-beginning conj. e.g. "therefore"
CAdv ; -- comparative adverb e.g. "more"
Subj ; -- subjunction, e.g. "if"
Prep ; -- preposition, or just a case in some langs e.g. "in"
-- Words of open classes, constructed in $Basic$ and in additional lexicon modules.
V ; -- one-place verb e.g. "sleep"
V2 ; -- two-place verb e.g. "love"
V3 ; -- three-place verb e.g. "show"
VV ; -- verb-phrase-complement verb e.g. "want"
VS ; -- sentence-complement verb e.g. "claim"
VQ ; -- question-complement verb e.g. "ask"
VA ; -- adjective-complement verb e.g. "look"
V2A ; -- verb with NP and AP complement e.g. "paint"
A ; -- one-place adjective e.g. "warm"
A2 ; -- two-place adjective e.g. "divisible"
N ; -- common noun e.g. "house"
N2 ; -- relational noun e.g. "son"
N3 ; -- three-place relational noun e.g. "connection"
PN ; -- proper name e.g. "Paris"
}