--# -path=.:../abstract:../../prelude --1 English Lexical Paradigms UNDER RECONSTRUCTION! -- -- Aarne Ranta 2003 -- -- This is an API to the user of the resource grammar -- for adding lexical items. It gives functions for forming -- expressions of open categories: nouns, adjectives, verbs. -- -- Closed categories (determiners, pronouns, conjunctions) are -- accessed through the resource syntax API, $Structural.gf$. -- -- The main difference with $MorphoEng.gf$ is that the types -- referred to are compiled resource grammar types. We have moreover -- had the design principle of always having existing forms, rather -- than stems, as string arguments of the paradigms. -- -- The structure of functions for each word class $C$ is the following: -- first we give a handful of patterns that aim to cover all -- regular cases. Then we give a worst-case function $mkC$, which serves as an -- escape to construct the most irregular words of type $C$. -- However, this function should only seldom be needed: we have a -- separate module $IrregularEng$, which covers all irregularly inflected -- words. -- -- The following modules are presupposed: resource ParadigmsEng = open (Predef=Predef), Prelude, SyntaxEng, ResourceEng in { --2 Parameters -- -- To abstract over gender names, we define the following identifiers. oper Gender : Type ; human : Gender ; nonhuman : Gender ; -- To abstract over number names, we define the following. Number : Type ; singular : Number ; plural : Number ; -- To abstract over case names, we define the following. Case : Type ; nominative : Case ; genitive : Case ; --2 Nouns -- The regular function captures the variants for nouns ending with -- "s","sh","x","z" or "y": "kiss - kisses", "flash - flashes"; -- "fly - flies" (but "toy - toys"), regN : Str -> N ; -- Worst case: give all four forms and the semantic gender. mkN : (man,men,man's,men's : Str) -> N ; -- In practice the worst case is just: give singular and plural nominative. manN : (man,men : Str) -> N ; -- All nouns created by the previous functions are marked as -- $nonhuman$. If you want a $human$ noun, wrap it with the following -- function: humanN : N -> N ; --3 Compound nouns -- -- All the functions above work quite as well to form compound nouns, -- such as "baby boom". --3 Relational nouns -- -- Relational nouns ("daughter of x") need a preposition. mkN2 : N -> Prep -> N2 ; -- The most common preposition is "of", and the following is a -- shortcut for regulat, $nonhuman$ relational nouns with "of". regN2 : Str -> N2 ; -- Use the function $mkPrep$ or see the section on prepositions below to -- form other prepositions. -- -- Three-place relational nouns ("the connection from x to y") need two prepositions. mkN3 : N -> Prep -> Prep -> N3 ; --3 Relational common noun phrases -- -- In some cases, you may want to make a complex $CN$ into a -- relational noun (e.g. "the old town hall of"). cnN2 : CN -> Prep -> N2 ; cnN3 : CN -> Prep -> Prep -> N3 ; -- --3 Proper names -- -- Proper names, with a regular genitive, are formed as follows pnReg : Str -> PN ; -- John, John's --2 Adjectives -- Non-comparison one-place adjectives need two forms: one for -- the adjectival and one for the adverbial form ("free - freely") mkA : (free,freely : Str) -> A ; -- For regular adjectives, the adverbial form is derived. This holds -- even for cases with the variation "happy - happily". regA : Str -> A ; --3 Two-place adjectives -- -- Two-place adjectives need a preposition for their second argument. mkA2 : A -> Prep -> A2 ; -- Comparison adjectives may two more forms. mkADeg : (good,better,best,well : Str) -> ADeg ; -- The regular pattern recognizes two common variations: -- "-e" ("rude" - "ruder" - "rudest") and -- "-y" ("happy - happier - happiest - happily") regADeg : Str -> ADeg ; -- long, longer, longest -- However, the duplication of the final consonant is nor predicted, -- but a separate pattern is used: fatADeg : Str -> ADeg ; -- fat, fatter, fattest -- If comparison is formed by "more, "most", as in general for -- long adjective, the following pattern is used: compoundADeg : A -> ADeg ; -- -/more/most ridiculous -- From a given $ADeg$, it is possible to get back to $A$. adegA : ADeg -> A ; --2 Adverbs -- Adverbs are not inflected. Most lexical ones have position -- after the verb. Some can be preverbal (e.g. "always"). mkAdv : Str -> Adv ; preAdv : Str -> Adv ; -- Adverbs modifying adjectives and sentences can also be formed. mkAdA : Str -> AdA ; mkAdS : Str -> AdS ; --2 Prepositions -- -- A preposition is just a string. mkPrep : Str -> Prep ; --2 Verbs -- -- Except for "be", the worst case needs five forms: the infinitive and -- the third person singular present, the past indicative, and the -- past and present participles. mkV : (go, goes, went, gone, going : Str) -> V ; -- The regular verb function recognizes the special cases where the last -- character is "y" ("cry - cries" but "buy - buys") or "s", "sh", "x", "z" -- ("fix - fixes", etc). regV : Str -> V ; -- There is an extensive list of irregular verbs in the module $IrregularEng$. -- In practice, it is enough to give three forms, -- e.g. "drink - drank - drunk", with a variant indicating consonant -- duplication in the present participle. irregV : (drink, drank, drunk : Str) -> V ; irregDuplV : (get, got, gotten : Str) -> V ; --3 Verbs with a particle. -- -- The particle, such as in "switch on", is given as a string. partV : V -> Str -> V ; --3 Two-place verbs -- -- Two-place verbs need a preposition, except the special case with direct object. -- (transitive verbs). Notice that a particle comes from the $V$. mkV2 : V -> Prep -> V2 ; dirV2 : V -> V2 ; --3 Three-place verbs -- -- Three-place (ditransitive) verbs need two prepositions, of which -- the first one or both can be absent. mkV3 : V -> Str -> Str -> V3 ; -- speak, with, about dirV3 : V -> Str -> V3 ; -- give,_,to dirdirV3 : V -> V3 ; -- give,_,_ --2 Definitions of paradigms -- -- The definitions should not bother the user of the API. So they are -- hidden from the document. --. Gender = SyntaxEng.Gender ; Number = SyntaxEng.Number ; Case = SyntaxEng.Case ; human = Hum ; nonhuman = NoHum ; singular = Sg ; plural = Pl ; nominative = Nom ; genitive = Gen ; mkN = \man,men,man's,men's,g -> mkNoun man men man's men's ** {g = g ; lock_N = <>} ; --- nReg a g = addGenN nounReg a g ; nKiss n g = addGenN nounS n g ; nFly = \fly -> addGenN nounY (Predef.tk 1 fly) ; nMan = \man,men -> mkN man men (man + "'s") (men + "'s") ; nHero = nKiss ; nSheep = \sheep -> nMan sheep sheep ; nHuman = \s -> nGen s Hum ; nNonhuman = \s -> nGen s NoHum ; nGen : Str -> Gender -> N = \fly,g -> let { fl = Predef.tk 1 fly ; y = Predef.dp 1 fly ; eqy = ifTok (Str -> Gender -> N) y } in eqy "y" nFly ( eqy "s" nKiss ( eqy "z" nKiss ( nReg))) fly g ; mkN2 = \n,p -> n ** {lock_N2 = <> ; s2 = p} ; funNonhuman = \s -> mkN2 (nNonhuman s) "of" ; funHuman = \s -> mkN2 (nHuman s) "of" ; pnReg n = nameReg n ** {lock_PN = <>} ; cnNonhuman = \s -> UseN (nGen s nonhuman) ; cnHuman = \s -> UseN (nGen s human) ; npReg = \s -> UsePN (pnReg s) ; mkN2CN = \n,p -> n ** {lock_N2 = <> ; s2 = p} ; funOfCN = \n -> mkN2CN n "of" ; addGenN : (Str -> CommonNoun) -> Str -> Gender -> N = \f -> \s,g -> f s ** {g = g ; lock_N = <>} ; mkA a = regAdjective a ** {lock_A = <>} ; mkA2 = \s,p -> regAdjective s ** {s2 = p} ** {lock_A2 = <>} ; mkADeg a b c = adjDegrIrreg a b c ** {lock_ADeg = <>} ; aReg a = adjDegrReg a ** {lock_ADeg = <>} ; aFat = \fat -> let {fatt = fat + Predef.dp 1 fat} in mkADeg fat (fatt + "er") (fatt + "est") ; aRidiculous a = adjDegrLong a ** {lock_ADeg = <>} ; apReg = \s -> UseA (mkA s) ; aGen : Str -> ADeg = \s -> case last s of { "y" => mkADeg s (init s + "ier") (init s + "iest") ; "e" => mkADeg s (s + "r") (s + "st") ; _ => aReg s } ; mkAdv a = advPost a ** {lock_Adv = <>} ; mkAdvPre a = advPre a ** {lock_Adv = <>} ; mkPP x y = prepPhrase x y ** {lock_Adv = <>} ; mkAdA a = ss a ** {lock_AdA = <>} ; mkAdS a = ss a ** {lock_AdS = <>} ; mkV = \go,goes,went,gone -> verbNoPart (mkVerbP3 go goes went gone) ** {lock_V = <>} ; vReg = \walk -> mkV walk (walk + "s") (walk + "ed") (walk + "ed") ; vKiss = \kiss -> mkV kiss (kiss + "es") (kiss + "ed") (kiss + "ed") ; vFly = \cry -> let {cr = Predef.tk 1 cry} in mkV cry (cr + "ies") (cr + "ied") (cr + "ied") ; vGo = vKiss ; vGen = \fly -> let { fl = Predef.tk 1 fly ; y = Predef.dp 1 fly ; eqy = ifTok (Str -> V) y } in eqy "y" vFly ( eqy "s" vKiss ( eqy "z" vKiss ( vReg))) fly ; vPart = \go, goes, went, gone, up -> verbPart (mkVerbP3 go goes went gone) up ** {lock_V = <>} ; vPartReg = \get, up -> verbPart (vGen get) up ** {lock_V = <>} ; mkV2 = \v,p -> v ** {lock_V2 = <> ; s3 = p} ; tvPartReg = \get, along, to -> mkV2 (vPartReg get along) to ; vBe = verbBe ** {s1 = [] ; lock_V = <>} ; vHave = verbP3Have ** {s1 = [] ; lock_V = <>} ; tvGen = \s,p -> mkV2 (vGen s) p ; tvDir = \v -> mkV2 v [] ; tvGenDir = \s -> tvDir (vGen s) ; mkV3 x y z = mkDitransVerb x y z ** {lock_V3 = <>} ; v3Dir x y = mkV3 x [] y ; v3DirDir x = v3Dir x [] ; -- these are used in the generated lexicon noun : Str -> N = nNonhuman ; verb2 : Str -> Str -> V2 = \v -> mkV2 (vGen v) ; verb3 : Str -> Str -> Str -> V3 = \v -> mkV3 (vGen v) ; } ;