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--!
--2 Rules
--
-- This set of rules is minimal, in the sense of defining the simplest combinations
-- of categories and not having redundant rules.
-- When the resource grammar is used as a library, it will often be useful to
-- access it through an intermediate library that defines more rules as
-- 'macros' for combinations of the ones below.
abstract Rules = Categories ** {
--!
--3 Nouns and noun phrases
--
fun
UseN : N -> CN ; -- "car"
UsePN : PN -> NP ; -- "John"
SymbPN : String -> PN ; -- "x"
SymbCN : CN -> String -> CN ; -- "number x"
IntCN : CN -> Int -> CN ; -- "number 53"
IndefOneNP : CN -> NP ; -- "a car", "cars"
IndefNumNP : Num -> CN -> NP ; -- "houses", "86 houses"
DefOneNP : CN -> NP ; -- "the car"
DefNumNP : Num -> CN -> NP ; -- "the cars", "the 86 cars"
DetNP : Det -> CN -> NP ; -- "every car"
MassNP : CN -> NP ; -- "wine"
AppN2 : N2 -> NP -> CN ; -- "successor of zero"
AppN3 : N3 -> NP -> N2 ; -- "flight from Paris"
UseN2 : N2 -> CN ; -- "successor"
ModAdj : AP -> CN -> CN ; -- "red car"
CNthatS : CN -> S -> CN ; -- "idea that the Earth is flat"
ModGenOne : NP -> CN -> NP ; -- "John's car"
ModGenNum : Num -> NP -> CN -> NP ; -- "John's cars", "John's 86 cars"
UseInt : Int -> Num ; -- "32" --- assumes i > 1
NoNum : Num ; -- no numeral modifier
--!
--3 Adjectives and adjectival phrases
--
UseA1 : A1 -> AP ; -- "red"
ComplA2 : A2 -> NP -> AP ; -- "divisible by two"
PositADeg : ADeg -> AP ; -- "old"
ComparADeg : ADeg -> NP -> AP ; -- "older than John"
SuperlNP : ADeg -> CN -> NP ; -- "the oldest man"
---- AdjPart : V -> A1 ; -- "forgotten"
--!
--3 Verbs and verb phrases
--
-- The principal way of forming sentences ($S$) is by combining a noun phrase
-- with a verb phrase (the $PredVP$ rule below). In addition to this, verb
-- phrases have uses in relative clauses and questions. Verb phrases already
-- have (or have not) a negation, but they are formed from verbal groups
-- ($VG$), which have both positive and negative forms.
PredV : V -> VG ; -- "walk", "doesn't walk"
PredPassV : V -> VG ; -- "is seen", "is not seen"
PredV2 : V2 -> NP -> VG ; -- "sees John", "doesn't see John"
PredV3 : V3 -> NP -> NP -> VG ; -- "prefers wine to beer"
PredVS : VS -> S -> VG ; -- "says that I run", "doesn't say..."
PredVV : VV -> VG -> VG ; -- "can run", "can't run", "tries to run"
PredNP : NP -> VG ; -- "is John", "is not John"
PredPP : PP -> VG ; -- "is in France", "is not in France"
PredAP : AP -> VG ; -- "is old", "isn't old"
PredSuperl : ADeg -> VG ; -- "is the oldest"
PredCN : CN -> VG ; -- "is a man", "isn't a man"
VTrans : V2 -> V ; -- "loves"
PosVG,NegVG : VG -> VP ; --
PredVG : NP -> VG -> Cl ; -- preserves all pol/tense variation
--!
--3 Adverbs
--
-- Here is how complex adverbs can be formed and used.
AdjAdv : AP -> Adv ; -- "freely", "more consciously than you"
AdvPP : PP -> Adv ; -- "in London", "after the war"
PrepNP : Prep -> NP -> PP ; -- "in London", "after the war"
AdvVP : VP -> Adv -> VP ; -- "always walks", "walks in the park"
AdvCN : CN -> PP -> CN ; -- "house in London"
AdvAP : AdA -> AP -> AP ; -- "very good"
--!
--3 Sentences and relative clauses
--
PredVP : NP -> VP -> S ; -- "John walks"
PosSlashV2,NegSlashV2 : NP -> V2 -> Slash ; -- "John sees", "John doesn't see"
OneVP : VP -> S ; -- "one walks"
ThereNP : NP -> S ; -- "there is a bar","there are 86 bars"
IdRP : RP ; -- "which"
FunRP : N2 -> RP -> RP ; -- "the successor of which"
RelVP : RP -> VP -> RC ; -- "who walks", "who doesn't walk"
RelSlash : RP -> Slash -> RC ; -- "that I wait for"/"for which I wait"
ModRC : CN -> RC -> CN ; -- "man who walks"
RelSuch : S -> RC ; -- "such that it is even"
--!
--3 Questions and imperatives
--
WhoOne, WhoMany : IP ; -- "who (is)", "who (are)"
WhatOne, WhatMany : IP ; -- "what (is)", "what (are)"
FunIP : N2 -> IP -> IP ; -- "the mother of whom"
NounIPOne, NounIPMany : CN -> IP ; -- "which car", "which cars"
---- NounIPHowMany : CN -> IP ; -- "how many cars"
QuestVP : NP -> VP -> Qu ; -- "does John walk"; "doesn't John walk"
IntVP : IP -> VP -> Qu ; -- "who walks"
IntSlash : IP -> Slash -> Qu ; -- "whom does John see"
QuestAdv : IAdv -> NP -> VP -> Qu ; -- "why do you walk"
IsThereNP : NP -> Qu ; -- "is there a bar", "are there (86) bars"
ImperVP : VP -> Imp ; -- "be a man"
IndicPhrase : S -> Phr ; -- "I walk."
QuestPhrase : Qu -> Phr ; -- "Do I walk?"
ImperOne, ImperMany : Imp -> Phr ; -- "Be a man!", "Be men!"
PrepS : PP -> AdS ; -- "in Sweden, (there are bears)"
AdvS : AdS -> S -> Phr ; -- "Therefore, 2 is prime."
--!
--3 Coordination
--
-- We consider "n"-ary coordination, with "n" > 1. To this end, we have introduced
-- a *list category* $ListX$ for each category $X$ whose expressions we want to
-- conjoin. Each list category has two constructors, the base case being $TwoX$.
-- We have not defined coordination of all possible categories here,
-- since it can be tricky in many languages. For instance, $VP$ coordination
-- is linguistically problematic in German because $VP$ is a discontinuous
-- category.
ConjS : Conj -> ListS -> S ; -- "John walks and Mary runs"
ConjAP : Conj -> ListAP -> AP ; -- "even and prime"
ConjNP : Conj -> ListNP -> NP ; -- "John or Mary"
ConjDS : ConjD -> ListS -> S ; -- "either John walks or Mary runs"
ConjDAP : ConjD -> ListAP -> AP ; -- "both even and prime"
ConjDNP : ConjD -> ListNP -> NP ; -- "either John or Mary"
TwoS : S -> S -> ListS ;
ConsS : ListS -> S -> ListS ;
TwoAP : AP -> AP -> ListAP ;
ConsAP : ListAP -> AP -> ListAP ;
TwoNP : NP -> NP -> ListNP ;
ConsNP : ListNP -> NP -> ListNP ;
--!
--3 Subordination
--
-- Subjunctions are different from conjunctions, but form
-- a uniform category among themselves.
SubjS : Subj -> S -> S -> S ; -- "if 2 is odd, 3 is even"
SubjImper : Subj -> S -> Imp -> Imp ; -- "if it is hot, use a glove!"
SubjQu : Subj -> S -> Qu -> Qu ; -- "if you are new, who are you?"
SubjVP : VP -> Subj -> S -> VP ; -- "(a man who) sings when he runs"
--!
--2 One-word utterances
--
-- These are, more generally, *one-phrase utterances*. The list below
-- is very incomplete.
PhrNP : NP -> Phr ; -- "Some man.", "John."
PhrOneCN, PhrManyCN : CN -> Phr ; -- "A car.", "Cars."
PhrIP : IAdv -> Phr ; -- "Who?"
PhrIAdv : IAdv -> Phr ; -- "Why?"
--!
--2 Text formation
--
-- A text is a sequence of phrases. It is defined like a non-empty list.
OnePhr : Phr -> Text ;
ConsPhr : Phr -> Text -> Text ;
} ;