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lib/resource/abstract/Idiom.gf

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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 rains
+    GenericCl : VP -> Cl ;        -- one sleeps
+
+    CleftNP   : NP  -> RS -> Cl ; -- it is you who did it
+    CleftAdv  : Adv -> S  -> Cl ; -- it is yesterday she arrived
+
+    ExistNP   : NP -> Cl ;        -- there is a house
+    ExistIP   : IP -> QCl ;       -- which houses are there
+
+    ProgrVP   : VP -> VP ;        -- be sleeping
+
+    ImpPl1    : VP -> Utt ;       -- let's go
+
+}