gf-rgl/src/somali/AdverbSom.gf

concrete AdverbSom of Adverb = CatSom ** open ResSom, ParamSom, ParadigmsSom, Prelude in {

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  -- : A -> Adv ;
  --PositAdvAdj adj = { } ;

  -- : CAdv -> A -> NP -> Adv ; -- more warmly than John
  -- ComparAdvAdj cadv a np = { } ;

--    ComparAdvAdjS : CAdv -> A -> S  -> Adv ; -- more warmly than he runs

  -- : Prep -> NP -> Adv ;
  PrepNP prep np = prep ** {
    np = case prep.isPoss of {
      True  => nplite emptyNP ;
      False => nplite np } ;
    miscAdv = case prep.isPoss of {
      True  => np.s ! Abs ++ prep.miscAdv ! np.a ;
      False => prep.miscAdv ! Sg3 Masc }
    } ;

-- Adverbs can be modified by 'adadjectives', just like adjectives.

    --AdAdv  : AdA -> Adv -> Adv ;             -- very quickly
  AdAdv ada adv = adv ** {berri = ada.s ++ adv.berri} ;
-- Like adverbs, adadjectives can be produced by adjectives.

  -- : A -> AdA ;                 -- extremely
--  PositAdAAdj a = { } ;
-- Subordinate clauses can function as adverbs.

    -- : Subj -> S -> Adv ;
  SubjS subj s = mkAdv (s.s ! True) ;

-- Comparison adverbs also work as numeral adverbs.

    --AdnCAdv : CAdv -> AdN ;                  -- less (than five)
    --AdnCAdv cadv = {s = } ;
} ;