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--1 Idiom: Idiomatic Expressions
abstract Idiom = Cat ** {
-- This module defines constructions that are formed in fixed ways,
-- often different even in closely related languages.
fun
ImpersCl : VP -> Cl ; -- it is hot
GenericCl : VP -> Cl ; -- one sleeps
CleftNP : NP -> RS -> Cl ; -- it is I who did it
CleftAdv : Adv -> S -> Cl ; -- it is here she slept
ExistNP : NP -> Cl ; -- there is a house
ExistIP : IP -> QCl ; -- which houses are there
-- 7/12/2012 generalizations of these
ExistNPAdv : NP -> Adv -> Cl ; -- there is a house in Paris
ExistIPAdv : IP -> Adv -> QCl ; -- which houses are there in Paris
ProgrVP : VP -> VP ; -- be sleeping
ImpPl1 : VP -> Utt ; -- let's go
ImpP3 : NP -> VP -> Utt ; -- let John walk
-- 3/12/2013 non-reflexive uses of "self"
SelfAdvVP : VP -> VP ; -- is at home himself
SelfAdVVP : VP -> VP ; -- is himself at home
SelfNP : NP -> NP ; -- the president himself (is at home)
}