comparative adverbs generalized to cover more of Attempto

next-lib/src/english/AdjectiveEng.gf

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ concrete AdjectiveEng of Adjective = CatEng ** open ResEng, Prelude in {
       isPre = True
       } ;
 
+    CAdvAP ad ap np = {
+      s = \\a => ad.s ++ ap.s ! a ++ ad.p ++ np.s ! Nom ; 
+      isPre = False
+      } ;
 
     ComplA2 a np = {
       s = \\_ => a.s ! AAdj Posit ++ a.c2 ++ np.s ! Acc ; 

next-lib/src/english/AdverbEng.gf

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ concrete AdverbEng of Adverb = CatEng ** open ResEng, Prelude in {
   lin
     PositAdvAdj a = {s = a.s ! AAdv} ;
     ComparAdvAdj cadv a np = {
-      s = cadv.s ++ a.s ! AAdv ++ "than" ++ np.s ! Nom
+      s = cadv.s ++ a.s ! AAdv ++ cadv.p ++ np.s ! Nom
       } ;
     ComparAdvAdjS cadv a s = {
-      s = cadv.s ++ a.s ! AAdv ++ "than" ++ s.s
+      s = cadv.s ++ a.s ! AAdv ++ cadv.p ++ s.s
       } ;
 
     PrepNP prep np = {s = prep.s ++ np.s ! Acc} ;
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ concrete AdverbEng of Adverb = CatEng ** open ResEng, Prelude in {
     AdAdv = cc2 ;
 
     SubjS = cc2 ;
----b    AdvSC s = s ; --- this rule give stack overflow in ordinary parsing
 
-    AdnCAdv cadv = {s = cadv.s ++ "than"} ;
+    AdnCAdv cadv = {s = cadv.s ++ cadv.p} ;
 
 }

next-lib/src/english/LexiconEng.gf

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ lin
   stone_N = regN "stone" ;
   stove_N = regN "stove" ;
   student_N = mkN human (regN "student") ;
-  stupid_A = regADeg "stupid" ;
+  stupid_A = mkA "stupid" ;
   sun_N = regN "sun" ;
   switch8off_V2 = dirV2 (partV (regV "switch") "off") ;
   switch8on_V2 = dirV2 (partV (regV "switch") "on") ;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ lin
   travel_V = (regDuplV "travel") ;
   tree_N = regN "tree" ;
  ---- trousers_N = regN "trousers" ;
-  ugly_A = regADeg "ugly" ;
+  ugly_A = mkA "ugly" ;
   understand_V2 = dirV2 (irregV "understand" "understood" "understood") ;
   university_N = regN "university" ;
   village_N = regN "village" ;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ lin
   war_N = regN "war" ;
   watch_V2 = dirV2 (regV "watch") ;
   water_N = regN "water" ;
-  white_A = regADeg "white" ;
+  white_A = mkA "white" ;
   window_N = regN "window" ;
   wine_N = regN "wine" ;
   win_V2 = dirV2 (irregDuplV "win" "won" "won") ;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ lin
   wonder_VQ = mkVQ (regV "wonder") ;
   wood_N = regN "wood" ;
   write_V2 = dirV2 (irregV "write" "wrote" "written") ;
-  yellow_A = regADeg "yellow" ;
+  yellow_A = mkA "yellow" ;
   young_A = regADeg "young" ;
 
   do_V2 = dirV2 (mk5V "do" "does" "did" "done" "doing") ;

next-lib/src/english/MakeStructuralEng.gf

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 --# -path=.:../common:../abstract
 
-resource MakeStructuralEng = open CatEng, ParadigmsEng, MorphoEng, Prelude in {
+resource MakeStructuralEng = open CatEng, ParadigmsEng, ResEng, MorphoEng, Prelude in {
 
 oper 
   mkConj : Str -> Str -> Number -> Conj = \x,y,n -> 
     {s1 = x ; s2 = y ; n = n ; lock_Conj = <>} ;
   mkSubj : Str -> Subj = \x -> 
     {s = x ; lock_Subj = <>} ;
+  mkNP : Str -> Number -> NP = \s,n ->
+    regNP s n ** {lock_NP = <>} ;
 
 }

next-lib/src/english/StructuralEng.gf

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 concrete StructuralEng of Structural = CatEng ** 
-  open MorphoEng, ResEng, ParadigmsEng, Prelude in {
+  open MorphoEng, ResEng, ParadigmsEng, (C = ConstructX), Prelude in {
 
   flags optimize=all ;
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ concrete StructuralEng of Structural = CatEng **
   i_Pron  = mkPron "I" "me" "my" "mine" singular P1 human ;
   in_Prep = mkPrep "in" ;
   it_Pron  = mkPron "it" "it" "its" "its" singular P3 nonhuman ;
-  less_CAdv = ss "less" ;
+  less_CAdv = C.mkCAdv "less" "than" ;
   many_Det = mkDeterminer plural "many" ;
-  more_CAdv = ss "more" ;
+  more_CAdv = C.mkCAdv "more" "than" ;
   most_Predet = ss "most" ;
   much_Det = mkDeterminer singular "much" ;
   must_VV = {
@@ -132,5 +132,8 @@ concrete StructuralEng of Structural = CatEng **
   at_most_AdN = mkAdN "at most" ;
 
   except_Prep = mkPrep "except" ;
+
+  as_CAdv = C.mkCAdv "as" "as" ;
+
 }