concrete NounGla of Noun = CatGla ** open ResGla, Prelude in { flags optimize=all_subs ; lin --2 Noun phrases -- : Det -> CN -> NP DetCN det cn = emptyNP ** { art = det.s ! cn.g ; s = \\c => case det.dt of { DDef n sp => cn.s ! c ! sp ! n ; DPoss n _ => cn.s ! c ! Def ! n -- ???????????????? } ; voc = case det.dt of { DDef n sp => cn.voc ! n ; -- ???????????????? guessed DPoss n _ => cn.voc ! n -- ???????????????? } ; a = NotPron det.dt ; } ; -- : PN -> NP ; -- Assuming that lincat PN = lincat NP -- UsePN pn = pn ; -- : Pron -> NP ; -- Assuming that lincat Pron = lincat NP UsePron pron = emptyNP ** pron ** { s = pron.s ; a = IsPron pron.a } ; {- -- : 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 = \\c => cn.s ! c ! Indef ! Sg -- no article, singular indefinite forms, open for cases+mutations } ; --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 = \\g,c => getArt quant num.n g c ++ num.s ; s2 = \\g,c => "DUMMY" ; -- "teen" from numbers like seventeen dt = case quant.qt of { QDef defi => DDef num.n defi ; QPoss agr => DPoss num.n agr } ; } ; -- : 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 = ResGla.defArt ; -- : Quant IndefArt = { s = \\_ => [] ; sp = [] ; qt = QDef Indef ; } ; -- : Pron -> Quant -- my PossPron pron = { s = \\_ => pron.poss ; sp = pron.poss ; qt = QPoss pron.a ; } ; --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 = { s = \\c,s,n => cn.s ! c ! s ! n ++ ap.s ! aform c n cn.g ; voc = \\n => cn.voc ! n ++ ap.voc ! cn.g ; g = cn.g } ; {- -- : 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 ; -} }