(Construction) add timeunitRange

- fix documentation comments

src/abstract/Construction.gf

@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ cat
   Year ;
 
 fun
-  timeunitAdv     : Card -> Timeunit -> Adv ; -- (for) three hours
+  timeunitAdv   : Card -> Timeunit -> Adv ; -- (for) three hours
+  timeunitRange : Card -> Card -> Timeunit -> Adv ; -- (cats live) ten to twenty years
 
   oneHour : Hour ;
   twoHour : Hour ;
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ fun
   twentyThreeHour : Hour ;
   twentyFourHour : Hour ;
 
-  timeHour : Hour -> Adv ; -- at three (o'clock / am / pm)
-  timeHourMinute : Hour -> Card -> Adv ; -- at forty past six
+  timeHour : Hour -> Adv ; -- at three a.m./p.m.
+  timeHourMinute : Hour -> Card -> Adv ; -- at six forty a.m./p.m.
 
   weekdayPunctualAdv : Weekday -> Adv ;  -- on Monday
   weekdayHabitualAdv : Weekday -> Adv ;  -- on Mondays

src/english/ConstructionEng.gf

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ lincat
           n_hours_NP : NP = mkNP n_card time ;
       in  Sy.mkAdv for_Prep n_hours_NP | mkAdv (n_hours_NP.s ! R.npNom) ;
 
+    timeunitRange l u time = {s = l.s ! True ! R.Nom ++ to_Prep.s ++ u.s ! True ! R.Nom ++ time.s ! R.Pl ! R.Nom} ;
+
     oneHour         = mkHour "1"  True ;
     twoHour         = mkHour "2"  True ;
     threeHour       = mkHour "3"  True ;

src/portuguese/ConstructionPor.gf

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ lin
       let n_card : Card = lin Card n;
           n_hours_NP : NP = mkNP n_card time ;
       in  S.mkAdv for_Prep n_hours_NP | S.mkAdv to_Prep n_hours_NP ;--| S.mkAdv (n_hours_NP.s ! R.Nom) ;
+    timeunitRange l u time = {s = "de" ++ l.s ! time.g
+                                ++ "a" ++ u.s ! time.g ++ time.s ! u.n } ;
 
     oneHour         = mkHour "1" Manha Sg ;
     twoHour         = mkHour "2" Manha Pl ;
@@ -95,12 +97,12 @@ lin
     twentyThreeHour = mkHour "23" Noite Pl ;
     twentyFourHour  = {s = "meia-noite" ; pe = None ; n = Sg} ;
 
-    timeHour h = mkAdv (a ! h.n ++ h.s ++ period ! h.pe) ;
+    timeHour h = mkAdv (R.a ! Fem ! h.n ++ h.s ++ period ! h.pe) ;
 
     timeHourMinute h m = let
       min = m.s ! Masc
       in
-      mkAdv (a ! h.n ++ h.s ++ "e" ++ min ++ period ! h.pe) ;
+      mkAdv (R.a ! Fem ! h.n ++ h.s ++ "e" ++ min ++ period ! h.pe) ;
 
   oper
     mkHour : Str -> Period -> Number -> {s : Str ; pe : Period ; n : Number} ;
@@ -114,9 +116,6 @@ lin
       None  => ""
       } ;
 
-    a : Number => Str ;
-    a = numForms "à" "às" ;
-
   lin
   weekdayPunctualAdv w = lin Adv {s = w.s ! C.Sg} ;         -- lundi
   weekdayHabitualAdv w = SyntaxPor.mkAdv noPrep (mkNP the_Det w) ; -- il lunedí ----

src/portuguese/DiffPor.gf

@@ -106,12 +106,18 @@ instance DiffPor of DiffRomance - [partAgr,vpAgrSubj,vpAgrClits] = open CommonRo
     partitive = \_,c -> prepCase c ;
 
   oper
+    a : Gender => Number => Str ;
+    a = genNumForms "a" "à" "aos" "às" ;
+
+    de : Gender => Number => Str ;
+    de = genNumForms "do" "da" "dos" "das" ;
+
     artDef : Bool -> Gender -> Number -> Case -> Str ;
     -- not sure if isNP is relevant
     artDef _isNP g n c = case c of {
       Nom | Acc => genNumForms "o" "a" "os" "as" ;
-      CPrep P_de => genNumForms "do" "da" "dos" "das" ;
-      CPrep P_a => genNumForms "ao" "à" "aos" "às" ;
+      CPrep P_de => de ;
+      CPrep P_a => a ;
       CPrep P_em => genNumForms "no" "na" "nos" "nas" ;
       CPrep P_por => genNumForms "pelo" "pela" "pelos" "pelas"
       } ! g ! n ;

src/portuguese/ResPor.gf

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 instance ResPor of ResRomance = DiffPor ** open CommonRomance, Prelude in {
   oper
     vowel : pattern Str = #("a" | "e" | "i" | "o" | "u") ;
+
 } ;