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        abstract Demonstrative = Cat ** {

Naming convention: `M` prepended to 'unimodal' names. Exceptions: lexical units, those without unimodal counterparts.

          cat

            MS ;     -- multimodal sentence or question
            MQS ;    -- multimodal wh question
            MImp ;   -- multimodal imperative
            MVP ;    -- multimodal verb phrase
            MComp ;  -- multimodal complement to copula (MAP, MNP, MAdv)
            MAP ;    -- multimodal adjectival phrase
            MNP ;    -- multimodal (demonstrative) noun phrase
            MAdv ;   -- multimodal (demonstrative) adverbial

            Point ;  -- pointing gesture

          fun

A pointing gesture is constructed from a string.

            MkPoint : String -> Point ;

Construction of sentences, questions, and imperatives.

            MPredVP   : MNP -> MVP -> MS ;    -- he flies here
            MQPredVP  : MNP -> MVP -> MQS ;   -- does he fly here

            MQuestVP  : IP  -> MVP -> MQS ;   -- who flies here

            MImpVP    : MVP -> MImp ;         -- fly here!

Construction of verb phrases from verb + complements.

            MUseV    : V  -> MVP ;            -- flies (here)
            MComplV2 : V2 -> MNP -> MVP ;     -- takes this (here)
            MComplVV : VV -> MVP -> MVP ;     -- wants to fly (here)

            MUseComp : MComp -> MVP ;         -- is here ; is bigger than this

            MCompAP  : MAP  -> MComp ;        -- bigger than this
            MCompNP  : MNP  -> MComp ;        -- the price of this
            MCompAdv : MAdv -> MComp ;        -- here

            MPositA  : A -> MAP ;             -- big
            MComparA : A -> MNP -> MAP ;      -- bigger than this

Adverbial modification of a verb phrase.

            MAdvVP : MVP -> MAdv -> MVP ;     -- fly here

Demonstrative pronouns as NPs and determiners.

            this_MNP    : Point -> MNP ;        -- this
            that_MNP    : Point -> MNP ;        -- that
            thisDet_MNP : CN -> Point -> MNP ;  -- this car
            thatDet_MNP : CN -> Point -> MNP ;  -- that car

Demonstrative adverbs.

            here_MAdv      : Point -> MAdv ;    -- here
            here7from_MAdv : Point -> MAdv ;    -- from here
            here7to_MAdv   : Point -> MAdv ;    -- to here

Building an adverb as prepositional phrase.

            MPrepNP : Prep -> MNP -> MAdv ;     -- in this car

Using ordinary categories. Mounting nondemonstrative expressions.

            DemNP   : NP  -> MNP ;
            DemAdv  : Adv -> MAdv ;

Top-level phrases.

            PhrMS   : Pol -> MS   -> Phr ;
            PhrMS   : Pol -> MS   -> Phr ;
            PhrMQS  : Pol -> MQS  -> Phr ;
            PhrMImp : Pol -> MImp -> Phr ;

For testing and example-based grammar writing.

            point1, point2 : Point ;

        }