forked from GitHub/gf-core
48 lines
2.6 KiB
Plaintext
48 lines
2.6 KiB
Plaintext
--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
|
|
}
|