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This module defines the abstract parameters of tense, polarity, and anteriority, which are used in Phrase to generate different forms of sentences. Together they give 2 x 4 x 4 = 16 sentence forms. These tenses are defined for all languages in the library. More tenses can be defined in the language extensions, e.g. the passé simple of Romance languages.
abstract Common = {
cat
Text ; -- text consisting of several phrases
Phr ; -- phrase in a text e.g. "But come here my darling."
Pol ;
Tense ;
Ant ;
fun
PPos, PNeg : Pol ; -- I sleep/don't sleep
TPres : Tense ;
ASimul : Ant ;
TPast, TFut, TCond : Tense ; -- I slept/will sleep/would sleep --# notpresent
AAnter : Ant ; -- I have slept --# notpresent
}