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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1> Adverbs and adverbial phrases</H1>
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Produced by
gfdoc - a rudimentary GF document generator.
(c) Aarne Ranta (<A HREF="mailto:aarne@cs.chalmers.se">aarne@cs.chalmers.se</A>) 2002 under GNU GPL.
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abstract Adverb = Cat ** {
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PositAdvAdj : A -&gt; Adv ;
ComparAdvAdj : CAdv -&gt; A -&gt; NP -&gt; Adv ;
ComparAdvAdjS : CAdv -&gt; A -&gt; S -&gt; Adv ;
PrepNP : Prep -&gt; NP -&gt; Adv ;
AdAdv : AdA -&gt; Adv -&gt; Adv ;
SubjS : Subj -&gt; S -&gt; Adv ;
AdvSC : SC -&gt; Adv ;
AdnCAdv : CAdv -&gt; AdN ;
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The two main ways of formins adverbs is from adjectives and by
prepositions from noun phrases.
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PositAdvAdj : A -&gt; Adv ; -- quickly
PrepNP : Prep -&gt; NP -&gt; Adv ; -- in the house
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Comparative adverbs have a noun phrase or a sentence as object of
comparison.
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ComparAdvAdj : CAdv -&gt; A -&gt; NP -&gt; Adv ; -- more quickly than John
ComparAdvAdjS : CAdv -&gt; A -&gt; S -&gt; Adv ; -- more quickly than he runs
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Adverbs can be modified by 'adadjectives', just like adjectives.
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AdAdv : AdA -&gt; Adv -&gt; Adv ; -- very quickly
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Subordinate clauses can function as adverbs.
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SubjS : Subj -&gt; S -&gt; Adv ; -- when he arrives
AdvSC : SC -&gt; Adv ; ---- REMOVE THIS?
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Comparison adverbs also work as numeral adverbs.
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AdnCAdv : CAdv -&gt; AdN ; -- more (than five)
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