extending English coverage by verbs

lib/resource/exper/Lex.cf

@@ -19,23 +19,24 @@ A  ::= "marvellous" ;
 -- AQ ::= "independent" ;
 A2 ::= "independent" ;
 
-V0 ::= "rain" | "rains" ;
-V  ::= "sleeps" | "sleep" ;
-V2 ::= "loves" | "love" ;
-V3 ::= "sends" | "send" ;
-VV ::= "wants" | "want" ;
+V0 ::= "rain" | "rains" | "rained" ;
+V  ::= "sleeps" | "sleep" | "slept" ;
+V2 ::= "loves" | "love" | "loved" ;
+V3 ::= "sends" | "send" | "sent" ;
+VV ::= "wants" | "want" | "wanted" ;
 
-V2 ::= "says" | "say" ;
-V2 ::= "asks" | "ask" ;
+V2 ::= "says" | "say" | "said" ;
+V2 ::= "asks" | "ask" | "asked" ;
 
 Adv  ::= "here" | "there" ;
+Adv  ::= "from" "here" | "from" "there" ;
+Adv  ::= "today" | "tomorrow" | "yesterday" ; 
 AdA  ::= "very" | "too" | "quite" | "much" "too" ;
-AdV  ::= "always" | "almost" ;
+AdV  ::= "always" | "almost" | "just" ;
 AdN  ::= "less" "than" | "more" "than" | "almost" | "exactly" | "about" ;
 
--- a bigger lexicon
 
-N    ::= "car" | "house" | "flight" | "aircraft" ;
-N_Pl ::= "cars" | "houses" | "flights" | "aircraft" ;
+--- does this give too much?
+Adv ::= "last" N | "next" N ;
 
 PN ::= "Boston" | "New" "York" | "Baltimore" ;

lib/resource/exper/Participle.cf

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- to recognize passives and present participles; overgen now
+Comp ::= VP ;
+

lib/resource/exper/Rules.cf

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
--- include Noun.cf Adj.cf Verb.cf Sent.cf Adverb.cf Phrase.cf Numeral.cf Structural.cf Lex.cf Biglex.cf Coord.cf
+-- include Noun.cf Adj.cf Verb.cf Sent.cf Adverb.cf Phrase.cf Numeral.cf Structural.cf Lex.cf Biglex.cf Coord.cf Tense.cf Irreg.cf Participle.cf 
 

lib/resource/exper/Structural.cf

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Pron   ::= "me" | "him" | "her" | "us" | "them" ;
 Poss   ::= "my" | "your" | "his" | "her" | "our" | "their" | "its" ;
 
 Prep ::= "about" | "at" | "by" | "for" | "from" | "in" | "of" | "on" | "to" | "with" ;
+Prep ::= "after" | "before" | "despite" | "during" ;
 
 IAdv ::= "why" | "where" | "when" | "how" ;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ NP ::= "this" | "that" | "those" | "these" ;
 Conj ::= "and" | "or" ;
 
 Subj ::= "if" | "when" | "although" | "though" ;
+Subj ::= "before" | "after" | "while" | "because" ;
 
 -- these may be eliminated in gf
 

lib/resource/exper/Verb.cf

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ V ::= V0 ;
 UseV.    VP ::= V ;
 ComplV2. VP ::= V2 NP ;
 
+VP ::= VP SC ;
+
 -- ComplV3. VP ::= V3 NP NP ;
 V2 ::= V3 ; -- via pp's
 
@@ -19,3 +21,5 @@ Comp ::= AP_post ; -- not needed in gf
 Mod ::= Do ;
 
 -- partial saturation
+
+V ::= V2 ;