From c34b05d9dffa0866875d9c8b4fd52f2985348e5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Inari Listenmaa Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 16:13:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] (Fin) Update README about known issues --- src/finnish/README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/finnish/README.md b/src/finnish/README.md index 82493493..e3ac0c1b 100644 --- a/src/finnish/README.md +++ b/src/finnish/README.md @@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ matching, so that the suffixing functions dp and tk are in heavy use. ## Known issues * The object case in passives may come out wrong. -* If a possessive suffix is added for a NP that is built out of N2 or N3, the possessive suffix will go after the complements, and not after the head noun as it's supposed to. +* Adjectives don't have vowel harmony, so `AdjAsCN` has by default back harmony. +* Conjunction of CNs doesn't repeat possessive suffix: you get _minun [[kissa] ja [koira]]ni_ instead of _minun kissani ja koirani_ 'my cat and dog'. + * If you want it repeated correctly, use ConjNP. Out of the box it repeats "minun", so _minun kissani ja minun koirani_ 'my cat and my dog'. + * If you want _kissani ja koirani_, use [ProDropPoss](https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/gf-rgl/blob/master/src/finnish/ExtraFin.gf#L190-L202) for both cat and dog. + * `ConjNP and_Conj (BaseNP (DetCN (DetQuant (ProDropPoss i_Pron) NumSg) (UseN cat_N)) (DetCN (DetQuant (ProDropPoss i_Pron) NumSg) (UseN dog_N)))` + * If you want _minun kissani ja koirani_, use ProDropPoss for only `UseN dog_N`: + * `ConjNP and_Conj (BaseNP (DetCN (DetQuant (PossPron i_Pron) NumSg) (UseN cat_N)) (DetCN (DetQuant (ProDropPoss i_Pron) NumSg) (UseN dog_N)))` ## Supplementary files