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--2 Examples of structural words
--
-- Here we have some words belonging to closed classes and appearing
-- in all languages we have considered.
-- Sometimes they are not really meaningful, e.g. $TheyNP$ in French
-- should really be replaced by masculine and feminine variants.
abstract Structural = Combinations ** {
fun
EveryDet, WhichDet, AllDet, -- every, sg which, sg all
SomeDet, AnyDet, NoDet, -- sg some, any, no
MostDet, MostsDet, ManyDet, MuchDet : Det ; -- sg most, pl most, many, much
ThisDet, ThatDet : Det ; -- this, that
-- Many plural determiners can take a numeral modifier.
AllsDet, WhichsDet, -- pl all, which (86)
SomesDet, AnysDet, NosDet, -- pl some, any, no
TheseDet, ThoseDet : Num -> Det ; -- these, those (86)
ThisNP, ThatNP : NP ; -- this, that
TheseNP, ThoseNP : Num -> NP ; -- these, those (86)
INP, ThouNP, HeNP, SheNP, ItNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in singular
WeNP, YeNP : Num -> NP ; -- these pronouns can take numeral
TheyNP : NP ; -- personal pronouns in plural
YouNP : NP ; -- the polite you
EverybodyNP, SomebodyNP, NobodyNP, -- everybody, somebody, nobody
EverythingNP, SomethingNP, NothingNP : NP ; -- everything, something, nothing
--- CanVV, CanKnowVV, MustVV : VV ; -- can (pouvoir/savoir), must
--- WantVV : VV ; -- want (to do)
WhenIAdv,WhereIAdv,WhyIAdv,HowIAdv : IAdv ; -- when, where, why, how
EverywhereNP, SomewhereNP, NowhereNP : AdV ;-- everywhere, somewhere, nowhere
AndConj, OrConj : Conj ; -- and, or
BothAnd, EitherOr, NeitherNor : ConjD ; -- both-and, either-or, neither-nor
IfSubj, WhenSubj, AlthoughSubj : Subj ; -- if, when, although
PhrYes, PhrNo : Phr ; -- yes, no
VeryAdv, TooAdv : AdA ; -- very, too
AlmostAdv, QuiteAdv : AdA ; -- almost, quite
OtherwiseAdv, ThereforeAdv : AdS ; -- therefore, otherwise
InPrep, OnPrep, ToPrep, FromPrep, -- spatial relations
ThroughPrep, AbovePrep, UnderPrep,
InFrontPrep, BehindPrep, BetweenPrep : Prep ;
BeforePrep, DuringPrep, AfterPrep : Prep ; -- temporal relations
WithPrep, WithoutPrep, ByMeansPrep : Prep ; -- some other relations
PartPrep : Prep ; -- partitive "of" ("bottle of wine")
AgentPrep : Prep ; -- agent "by" in passive constructions
}