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src/gaelic/NounGla.gf

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+concrete NounGla of Noun = CatGla ** open ResGla, Prelude in {
+
+  flags optimize=all_subs ;
+
+  lin
+
+--2 Noun phrases
+
+-- : Det -> CN -> NP
+    DetCN det cn = emptyNP ** {
+      s = det.s ++ cn.s ! det.n
+      } ;
+{-
+  -- : PN -> NP ;
+  -- Assuming that lincat PN = lincat NP
+  UsePN pn = pn ;
+
+  -- : Pron -> NP ;
+  -- Assuming that lincat Pron = lincat NP
+  UsePron pron = pron ;
+
+  -- : Predet -> NP -> NP ; -- only the man
+  PredetNP predet np =
+
+-- A noun phrase can also be postmodified by the past participle of a
+-- verb, by an adverb, or by a relative clause
+
+  -- low prio
+  -- : NP -> V2  -> NP ;    -- the man seen
+  -- PPartNP np v2 = np ** {
+  --   s =
+  -- } ;
+
+  -- : NP -> Adv -> NP ;    -- Paris today
+  AdvNP np adv = np ** {
+    s = np.s ++ "," ++ adv.s
+  } ;
+
+  -- : NP -> Adv -> NP ;    -- boys, such as ..
+  ExtAdvNP np adv = AdvNP np {s = "," ++ adv.s} ;
+
+  -- : NP -> RS -> NP ;    -- Paris, which is here
+    RelNP np rs = np ** {
+
+      } ;
+
+-- Determiners can form noun phrases directly.
+
+  -- : Det -> NP ;
+    DetNP det = emptyNP ** {
+      s = \\_ => linDet det ;
+      } ;
+-}
+  -- MassNP : CN -> NP ;
+    MassNP cn = emptyNP ** {
+      s = linCN cn
+      } ;
+
+
+--2 Determiners
+
+-- The determiner has a fine-grained structure, in which a 'nucleus'
+-- quantifier and an optional numeral can be discerned.
+
+  -- : Quant -> Num -> Det ;
+    DetQuant quant num = quant ** {
+      s = quant.s ! num.n ++ num.s ;
+      n = num.n ;
+      } ;
+
+  -- : Quant -> Num -> Ord -> Det ;
+    -- DetQuantOrd quant num ord = quant ** {
+
+    -- } ;
+
+-- Whether the resulting determiner is singular or plural depends on the
+-- cardinal.
+
+-- All parts of the determiner can be empty, except $Quant$, which is
+-- the "kernel" of a determiner. It is, however, the $Num$ that determines
+-- the inherent number.
+
+  NumSg = {s = [] ; n = Sg} ;
+  NumPl = {s = [] ; n = Pl} ;
+
+{-
+  -- : Card -> Num ;    -- two
+  NumCard card = card ;
+
+  -- : Digits  -> Card ;
+  NumDigits dig = -- probably like OrdDigits, but choose the NCard form
+
+  -- : Numeral -> Card ;
+  NumNumeral num = {
+    s = num.s ! NCard ;
+    n = num.n -- inherits grammatical number (Sg, Pl, …) from the Numeral
+    } ;
+
+  -- : AdN -> Card -> Card ;
+  AdNum adn card = card ** { s = adn.s ++ card.s } ;
+
+  -- : Digits  -> Ord ;
+  OrdDigits digs = digs ** { s = digs.s ! NOrd } ;
+
+  -- : Numeral -> Ord ;
+  OrdNumeral num = {
+    s = num.s ! NOrd
+    } ;
+
+  -- : A       -> Ord ;
+  OrdSuperl a = {
+    s = "most" ++ a.s ! Superl
+    } ;
+
+-- One can combine a numeral and a superlative.
+
+  -- : Numeral -> A -> Ord ; -- third largest
+  OrdNumeralSuperl num a = {
+    s = num.s ! NOrd ++ a.s ! Superl
+  } ;
+-}
+
+  -- : Quant
+  DefArt = mkQuant "the" "the" ;
+
+  -- : Quant
+  IndefArt = mkQuant "a" [] ;
+
+{-
+  -- : Pron -> Quant        -- my
+  PossPron pron = mkQuant pron.s ** {
+
+    } ;
+-}
+
+--2 Common nouns
+
+  -- : N -> CN
+  UseN n = n ;
+
+{-
+  -- : N2 -> CN ;
+  UseN2 n2 =
+
+  -- : N2 -> NP -> CN ;
+  ComplN2 n2 np =
+
+  -- : N3 -> NP -> N2 ;    -- distance from this city (to Paris)
+  ComplN3 n3 np =
+
+  -- : N3 -> N2 ;          -- distance (from this city)
+  Use2N3 n3 = lin N2 n3 ** { c2 = n3.c3 } ;
+
+  -- : N3 -> N2 ;          -- distance (to Paris)
+  Use3N3 n3 = lin N2 n3 ;
+
+  -- : AP -> CN -> CN
+  AdjCN ap cn =
+
+  -- : CN -> RS -> CN ;
+  RelCN cn rs =
+
+
+  -- : CN -> Adv -> CN ;
+  AdvCN cn adv =
+
+-- Nouns can also be modified by embedded sentences and questions.
+-- For some nouns this makes little sense, but we leave this for applications
+-- to decide. Sentential complements are defined in VerbGla.
+
+  -- : CN -> SC  -> CN ;   -- question where she sleeps
+  SentCN cn sc =
+
+--2 Apposition
+
+-- This is certainly overgenerating.
+
+  -- : CN -> NP -> CN ;    -- city Paris (, numbers x and y)
+  ApposCN cn np = cn ** {
+    s =
+    } ;
+
+--2 Possessive and partitive constructs
+-- NB. Below this, the functions are not in the API, so lower prio to implement
+
+  -- : PossNP  : CN -> NP -> CN ;
+  -- in English: book of someone; point is that we can add a determiner to the CN,
+  -- so it can become "a book of someone" or "the book of someone"
+  PossNP cn np =
+
+
+  -- : Det -> NP -> NP ; -- three of them, some of the boys
+  CountNP det np = -- Nonsense for DefArt or IndefArt, but don't worry about that! RGL can contain weird sentences, as long as it contains the non-weird stuff we want
+
+
+  -- : CN -> NP -> CN ;     -- glass of wine / two kilos of red apples
+  PartNP cn np =
+
+--3 Conjoinable determiners and ones with adjectives
+
+  -- : DAP -> AP -> DAP ;    -- the large (one)
+  AdjDAP dap ap = dap ** {
+
+    } ;
+
+  -- : Det -> DAP ;          -- this (or that)
+  DetDAP det = det ;
+-}
+
+}