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---1 A Small German Resource Syntax
---
--- Aarne Ranta 2002
---
--- This resource grammar contains definitions needed to construct
--- indicative, interrogative, and imperative sentences in German.
---
--- The following modules are presupposed:
-
-resource Syntax = Morpho ** open Prelude, (CO = Coordination) in {
-
---2 Common Nouns
---
--- Simple common nouns are defined as the type $CommNoun$ in $morpho.Deu.gf$.
-
---3 Common noun phrases
-
--- The need for this more complex type comes from the variation in the way in
--- which a modifying adjective is inflected after different determiners.
--- We use the $Adjf$ parameter for this ($Strong$/$Weak$).
-
-oper
-
- CommNounPhrase : Type = {s : Adjf => Number => Case => Str ; g : Gender} ;
-
- noun2CommNounPhrase : CommNoun -> CommNounPhrase = \haus ->
- {s = \\_ => haus.s ; g = haus.g} ;
-
- n2n = noun2CommNounPhrase ;
-
-
---2 Noun phrases
---
--- The worst case is pronouns, which have inflection in the possessive
--- forms. Other noun phrases express all possessive forms with the genitive case.
--- The parameter $pro$ tells if the $NP$ is a pronoun, which is needed in e.g.
--- genitive constructions.
-
- NounPhrase : Type = {
- s : NPForm => Str ;
- n : Number ;
- p : Person ;
- pro : Bool
- } ;
-
- pronNounPhrase : ProPN -> NounPhrase = \ich ->
- ich ** {pro = True} ;
-
- caseNP : NPForm -> Case = \np -> case np of {
- NPCase c => c ;
- NPPoss _ _ => Gen
- } ;
-
- normalNounPhrase : (Case => Str) -> Number -> NounPhrase = \cs,n ->
- {s = \\c => cs ! caseNP c ;
- n = n ;
- p = P3 ; -- third person
- pro = False -- not a pronoun
- } ;
-
--- Proper names are a simple kind of noun phrases. They can usually
--- be constructed from strings in a regular way.
-
- ProperName : Type = {s : Case => Str} ;
-
- nameNounPhrase : ProperName -> NounPhrase = \john ->
- {s = \\np => john.s ! caseNP np ; n = Sg ; p = P3 ; pro = False} ;
-
- mkProperName : Str -> ProperName = \horst ->
- {s = table {Gen => horst + "s" ; _ => horst}} ;
-
---2 Mass nouns
---
--- Mass nouns are morphologically similar to nouns, but they have one special
--- rule of noun phrase formation, using the bare singular (in German).
--- Example: "Bier ist gut".
--- They can also be coerced to common nouns: "ein Mexikanisches Bier".
-
- MassNounPhrase : Type = CommNounPhrase ;
-
- massNounPhrase : MassNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \bier -> {
- s = \\c => let {nc = caseNP c} in
- bier.s ! adjfCas Strong nc ! Sg ! nc ;
- p = P3 ;
- n = Sg ;
- pro = False
- } ;
-
- massCommNoun : MassNounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase = \x -> x ;
-
-
---2 Determiners
---
--- Determiners are inflected according to the nouns they determine.
--- The determiner determines the number and adjectival form from the determiner.
-
- Determiner : Type = {s : Gender => Case => Str ; n : Number ; a : Adjf} ;
-
- detNounPhrase : Determiner -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \ein, mann -> {
- s = \\c => let {nc = caseNP c} in
- ein.s ! mann.g ! nc ++ mann.s ! adjfCas ein.a nc ! ein.n ! nc ;
- p = P3 ;
- n = ein.n ;
- pro = False
- } ;
-
-
--- The adjectival form after a determiner depends both on the inferent form
--- and on the case ("ein alter Mann" but "einem alten Mann").
-
- adjfCas : Adjf -> Case -> Adjf = \a,c -> case <a,c> of {
- <Strong,Nom> => Strong ;
- <Strong,Acc> => Strong ;
- _ => Weak
- } ;
-
--- The following macros are sufficient to define most determiners,
--- as shown by the examples that follow.
-
- DetSg = Gender => Case => Str ;
- DetPl = Case => Str ;
-
- mkDeterminerSg : DetSg -> Adjf -> Determiner = \ein, a ->
- {s = ein ; n = Sg ; a = a} ;
-
- mkDeterminerPl : DetPl -> Adjf -> Determiner = \alle, a ->
- {s = \\_ => alle ; n = Pl ; a = a} ;
-
- detLikeAdj : Str -> Determiner = \jed -> mkDeterminerSg
- (\\g,c => (adjReg jed).s ! AMod Strong (GSg g) c) Weak ;
-
- jederDet = detLikeAdj "jed" ;
- alleDet = mkDeterminerPl (caselist "alle" "alle" "allen" "aller") Weak ;
- einDet = mkDeterminerSg artIndef Strong ;
- derDet = mkDeterminerSg (table {g => artDef ! GSg g}) Weak ;
- dieDet = mkDeterminerPl (artDef ! GPl) Weak ;
-
- meistDet = mkDeterminerPl (table {c => artDef ! GPl ! c ++ "meisten"}) Weak ;
- welcherDet = detLikeAdj "welch" ;
- welcheDet = mkDeterminerPl (caselist "welche" "welche" "welchen" "welcher") Weak ;
-
--- Choose "welcher"/"welche"
-
- welchDet : Number -> Determiner = \n ->
- case n of {Sg => welcherDet ; Pl => welcheDet} ;
-
--- Genitives of noun phrases can be used like determiners, to build noun phrases.
--- The number argument makes the difference between "mein Haus" - "meine Häuser".
---
--- If the 'owner' is a pronoun, only one form is available "mein Haus".
--- In other cases, two variants are available: "Johanns Haus" / "das Haus Johanns".
-
- npGenDet : Number -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \n,haus,Wein ->
- let {
- hauses : Case => Str = \\c => haus.s ! NPPoss (gNumber Wein.g n) c ;
- wein : NPForm => Str = \\c => Wein.s ! Strong ! n ! caseNP c ;
- derwein : NPForm => Str = (defNounPhrase n Wein).s
- }
- in
- {s = \\c => variants {
- hauses ! caseNP c ++ wein ! c ;
- if_then_else Str haus.pro
- nonExist
- (derwein ! c ++ hauses ! Nom) -- the case does not matter
- } ;
- p = P3 ;
- n = n ;
- pro = False
- } ;
-
--- *Bare plural noun phrases* like "Männer", "gute Häuser", are built without a
--- determiner word.
-
- plurDet : CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \cn ->
- normalNounPhrase (cn.s ! Strong ! Pl) Pl ;
-
--- Macros for indef/def Sg/Pl noun phrases are needed in many places even
--- if they might not be constituents.
-
- indefNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \n,haus -> case n of {
- Sg => detNounPhrase einDet haus ;
- Pl => plurDet haus
- } ;
-
- defNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \n,haus -> case n of {
- Sg => detNounPhrase derDet haus ;
- Pl => detNounPhrase dieDet haus
- } ;
-
- indefNoun : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> Str = \n, mann -> case n of {
- Sg => (detNounPhrase einDet mann).s ! NPCase Nom ;
- Pl => (plurDet mann).s ! NPCase Nom
- } ;
-
--- Constructions like "die Idee, dass zwei gerade ist" are formed at the
--- first place as common nouns, so that one can also have "ein Vorschlag, dass...".
-
- nounThatSentence : CommNounPhrase -> Sentence -> CommNounPhrase = \idee,x ->
- {s = \\a,n,c => idee.s ! a! n ! c ++ [", dass"] ++ x.s ! Sub ;
- g = idee.g
- } ;
-
---2 Adjectives
---
--- Adjectival phrases have a parameter $p$ telling if postposition is
--- allowed (complex APs).
-
- AdjPhrase : Type = Adjective ** {p : Bool} ;
-
- adj2adjPhrase : Adjective -> AdjPhrase = \ny -> ny ** {p = False} ;
-
---3 Comparison adjectives
---
--- The type is defined in $types.Deu.gf$.
-
- AdjDegr : Type = AdjComp ;
-
--- Each of the comparison forms has a characteristic use:
---
--- Positive forms are used alone, as adjectival phrases ("jung").
-
- positAdjPhrase : AdjDegr -> AdjPhrase = \jung ->
- {s = jung.s ! Pos ; p = False} ;
-
--- Comparative forms are used with an object of comparison, as
--- adjectival phrases ("besser als Rolf").
-
- comparAdjPhrase : AdjDegr -> NounPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \besser,rolf ->
- {s = \\a => besser.s ! Comp ! a ++ "als" ++ rolf.s ! NPCase Nom ;
- p = True
- } ;
-
--- Superlative forms are used with a common noun, picking out the
--- maximal representative of a domain ("der Jüngste Mann").
-
- superlNounPhrase : AdjDegr -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \best,mann ->
- let {gen = mann.g} in
- {s = \\c => let {nc = caseNP c} in
- artDef ! gNumber gen Sg ! nc ++
- best.s ! Sup ! aMod Weak gen Sg nc ++
- mann.s ! Weak ! Sg ! nc ;
- p = P3 ;
- n = Sg ;
- pro = False
- } ;
-
---3 Two-place adjectives
---
--- A two-place adjective is an adjective with a preposition used before
--- the complement, and the complement case.
-
- AdjCompl = Adjective ** {s2 : Preposition ; c : Case} ;
-
- complAdj : AdjCompl -> NounPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \verwandt,dich ->
- {s = \\a =>
- bothWays (verwandt.s ! a) (verwandt.s2 ++ dich.s ! NPCase verwandt.c) ;
- p = True
- } ;
-
---3 Modification of common nouns
---
--- The two main functions of adjective are in predication ("Johann ist jung")
--- and in modification ("ein junger Mann"). Predication will be defined
--- later, in the chapter on verbs.
---
--- Modification must pay attention to pre- and post-noun
--- adjectives: "gutes Haus"; "besseres als X haus" / "haus besseres als X"
-
- modCommNounPhrase : AdjPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase = \gut,haus ->
- {s = \\a,n,c => let {
- gutes = gut.s ! aMod a haus.g n c ;
- Haus = haus.s ! a ! n ! c
- } in
- if_then_else Str gut.p (bothWays gutes Haus) (gutes ++ Haus) ;
- g = haus.g} ;
-
---2 Function expressions
-
--- A function expression is a common noun together with the
--- preposition prefixed to its argument ("Mutter von x").
--- The type is analogous to two-place adjectives and transitive verbs.
-
- Function = CommNounPhrase ** {s2 : Preposition ; c : Case} ;
-
--- The application of a function gives, in the first place, a common noun:
--- "Mutter/Mütter von Johann". From this, other rules of the resource grammar
--- give noun phrases, such as "die Mutter von Johann", "die Mütter von Johann",
--- "die Mütter von Johann und Maria", and "die Mutter von Johann und Maria" (the
--- latter two corresponding to distributive and collective functions,
--- respectively). Semantics will eventually tell when each
--- of the readings is meaningful.
-
- appFunComm : Function -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase = \mutter,uwe ->
- {s = \\a,n,c => mutter.s ! a ! n ! c ++ mutter.s2 ++ uwe.s ! NPCase mutter.c ;
- g = mutter.g
- } ;
-
--- It is possible to use a function word as a common noun; the semantics is
--- often existential or indexical.
-
- funAsCommNounPhrase : Function -> CommNounPhrase = \x -> x ;
-
--- The following is an aggregate corresponding to the original function application
--- producing "Johanns Mutter" and "die Mutter von Johann". It does not appear in the
--- resource grammar API any longer.
-
- appFun : Bool -> Function -> NounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \coll, mutter, uwe ->
- let {n = uwe.n ; g = mutter.g ; nf = if_then_else Number coll Sg n} in
- variants {
- defNounPhrase nf (appFunComm mutter uwe) ;
- npGenDet nf uwe mutter
- } ;
-
--- The commonest cases are functions with "von" and functions with Genitive.
-
- mkFunC : CommNounPhrase -> Preposition -> Case -> Function = \f,p,c ->
- f ** {s2 = p ; c = c} ;
-
- funVonC : CommNounPhrase -> Function = \wert ->
- mkFunC wert "von" Dat ;
-
- funGenC : CommNounPhrase -> Function = \wert ->
- mkFunC wert [] Gen ;
-
--- Two-place functions add one argument place.
-
- Function2 = Function ** {s3 : Preposition ; c2 : Case} ;
-
--- There application starts by filling the first place.
-
- appFun2 : Function2 -> NounPhrase -> Function = \flug, paris ->
- {s = \\a,n,c => flug.s ! a ! n ! c ++ flug.s2 ++ paris.s ! NPCase flug.c ;
- g = flug.g ;
- s2 = flug.s3 ;
- c = flug.c2
- } ;
-
-
---2 Verbs
---
---3 Verb phrases
---
--- Verb phrases are discontinuous: the parts of a verb phrase are
--- (s) an inflected verb, (s2) particle,
--- (s3) negation and complement, and (s4) sentential adverbial.
--- This discontinuity is needed in sentence formation
--- to account for word order variations.
-
- VerbPhrase = Verb ** {s3 : Number => Str ; s4 : Str} ;
-
--- A simple verb can be made into a verb phrase with an empty complement.
--- There are two versions, depending on if we want to negate the verb.
--- N.B. negation is *not* a function applicable to a verb phrase, since
--- double negations with "nicht" are not grammatical.
-
- predVerb : Bool -> Verb -> VerbPhrase = \b,aussehen ->
- aussehen ** {
- s3 = \\_ => negation b ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
- negation : Bool -> Str = \b -> if_then_else Str b [] "nicht" ;
-
--- Sometimes we want to extract the verb part of a verb phrase.
-
- verbOfPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Verb = \v -> {s = v.s ; s2 = v.s2} ;
-
--- Verb phrases can also be formed from adjectives ("ist gut"),
--- common nouns ("ist ein Mann"), and noun phrases ("ist der jüngste Mann").
--- The third rule is overgenerating: "ist jeder Mann" has to be ruled out
--- on semantic grounds.
-
- predAdjective : Bool -> Adjective -> VerbPhrase = \b,gut ->
- verbSein ** {
- s3 = \\_ => negation b ++ gut.s ! APred ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
- predCommNoun : Bool -> CommNounPhrase -> VerbPhrase = \b,man ->
- verbSein ** {
- s3 = \\n => negation b ++ indefNoun n man ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
- predNounPhrase : Bool -> NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase = \b,dermann ->
- verbSein ** {
- s3 = \\n => negation b ++ dermann.s ! NPCase Nom ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
---3 Transitive verbs
---
--- Transitive verbs are verbs with a preposition for the complement,
--- in analogy with two-place adjectives and functions.
--- One might prefer to use the term "2-place verb", since
--- "transitive" traditionally means that the inherent preposition is empty.
--- Such a verb is one with a *direct object* - which may still be accusative,
--- dative, or genitive.
-
- TransVerb = Verb ** {s3 : Preposition ; c : Case} ;
-
- mkTransVerb : Verb -> Preposition -> Case -> TransVerb =
- \v,p,c -> v ** {s3 = p ; c = c} ;
-
--- The rule for using transitive verbs is the complementization rule:
-
- complTransVerb : Bool -> TransVerb -> NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase =
- \b,warten,dich ->
- let {
- aufdich = warten.s3 ++ dich.s ! NPCase warten.c ;
- nicht = negation b
- } in
- {s = warten.s ;
- s2 = warten.s2 ;
- s3 = \\_ => bothWays aufdich nicht ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
--- Transitive verbs with accusative objects can be used passively.
--- The function does not check that the verb is transitive.
--- Therefore, the function can also be used for "es wird gelaufen", etc.
-
- passVerb : Bool -> Verb -> VerbPhrase = \b,lieben ->
- {s = verbumWerden ;
- s2 = [] ;
- s3 = \\_ => negation b ++ lieben.s ! VPart APred ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
--- Transitive verb can be used elliptically as a verb. The semantics
--- is left to applications. The definition is trivial, due to record
--- subtyping.
-
- transAsVerb : TransVerb -> Verb = \lieben ->
- lieben ;
-
--- *Ditransitive verbs* are verbs with three argument places.
--- We treat so far only the rule in which the ditransitive
--- verb takes both complements to form a verb phrase.
-
- DitransVerb = TransVerb ** {s4 : Preposition ; c2 : Case} ;
-
- mkDitransVerb :
- Verb -> Preposition -> Case -> Preposition -> Case -> DitransVerb =
- \v,p1,c1,p2,c2 -> v ** {s3 = p1 ; c = c1 ; s4 = p2 ; c2 = c2} ;
-
- complDitransVerb :
- Bool -> DitransVerb -> NounPhrase -> NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase =
- \b,geben,dir,bier ->
- let {
- zudir = geben.s3 ++ dir.s ! NPCase geben.c ;
- dasbier = geben.s4 ++ bier.s ! NPCase geben.c2 ;
- nicht = negation b
- } in
- {s = geben.s ;
- s2 = geben.s2 ;
- s3 = \\_ => variants {
- nicht ++ zudir ++ dasbier ;
- zudir ++ nicht ++ dasbier ;
- zudir ++ dasbier ++ nicht
- } ;
- s4 = []
- } ;
-
-
---2 Adverbials
---
--- Adverbials are not inflected (we ignore comparison, and treat
--- compared adverbials as separate expressions; this could be done another way).
-
- Adverb : Type = SS ;
-
- mkAdverb : Str -> Adverb = ss ;
-
- adVerbPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Adverb -> VerbPhrase = \spielt, gut ->
- {s = spielt.s ;
- s2 = spielt.s2 ;
- s3 = \\n => spielt.s3 ! n ++ gut.s ;
- s4 = spielt.s4
- } ;
-
- advAdjPhrase : Adverb -> AdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \sehr, gut ->
- {s = \\a => sehr.s ++ gut.s ! a ;
- p = gut.p
- } ;
-
--- Adverbials are typically generated by prefixing prepositions.
--- The rule for creating locative noun phrases by the preposition "in"
--- is a little shaky, since other prepositions may be preferred ("an", "auf").
-
- prepPhrase : Case -> Preposition -> NounPhrase -> Adverb = \c,auf,ihm ->
- ss (auf ++ ihm.s ! NPCase c) ;
-
- locativeNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> Adverb =
- prepPhrase Dat "in" ;
-
--- This is a source of the "Mann mit einem Teleskop" ambiguity, and may produce
--- strange things, like "Autos immer" (while "Autos heute" is OK).
--- Semantics will have to make finer distinctions among adverbials.
-
- advCommNounPhrase : CommNounPhrase -> Adverb -> CommNounPhrase = \haus,heute ->
- {s = \\a, n, c => haus.s ! a ! n ! c ++ heute.s ;
- g = haus.g} ;
-
-
-
---2 Sentences
---
--- Sentences depend on a *word order parameter* selecting between main clause,
--- inverted, and subordinate clause.
-
- Sentence : Type = SS1 Order ;
-
--- This is the traditional $S -> NP VP$ rule. It takes care of both
--- word order and agreement.
-
- predVerbPhrase : NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Sentence =
- \Ich,LiebeDichNichtAus ->
- let {
- ich = Ich.s ! NPCase Nom ;
- liebe = LiebeDichNichtAus.s ! VInd Ich.n Ich.p ;
- aus = LiebeDichNichtAus.s2 ;
- dichnichtgut = LiebeDichNichtAus.s3 ! Ich.n ;
- wennesregnet = LiebeDichNichtAus.s4
- } in
- {s = table {
- Main => ich ++ liebe ++ dichnichtgut ++ aus ++ wennesregnet ;
- Inv => liebe ++ ich ++ dichnichtgut ++ aus ++ wennesregnet ;
- Sub => ich ++ dichnichtgut ++ aus ++ liebe ++ wennesregnet
- }
- } ;
-
---3 Sentence-complement verbs
---
--- Sentence-complement verbs take sentences as complements.
-
- SentenceVerb : Type = Verb ;
-
- complSentVerb : Bool -> SentenceVerb -> Sentence -> VerbPhrase = \b,sage,duisst ->
- sage ** {
- s3 = table Number {_ => negation b} ;
- s4 = "," ++ "dass" ++ duisst.s ! Sub
- } ;
-
-
---2 Sentences missing noun phrases
---
--- This is one instance of Gazdar's *slash categories*, corresponding to his
--- $S/NP$.
--- We cannot have - nor would we want to have - a productive slash-category former.
--- Perhaps a handful more will be needed.
---
--- Notice that the slash category has the same relation to sentences as
--- transitive verbs have to verbs: it's like a *sentence taking a complement*.
-
- SentenceSlashNounPhrase : Type = Sentence ** {s2 : Preposition ; c : Case} ;
-
- slashTransVerb : Bool -> NounPhrase -> TransVerb -> SentenceSlashNounPhrase =
- \b, Ich, sehen ->
- let {
- ich = Ich.s ! NPCase Nom ;
- sehe = sehen.s ! VInd Ich.n P3 ;
- aus = sehen.s2 ;
- nicht = negation b
- } in
- {s = table {
- Main => ich ++ sehe ++ nicht ++ aus ;
- Inv => sehe ++ ich ++ nicht ++ aus ;
- Sub => ich ++ nicht ++ aus ++ sehe
- } ;
- s2 = sehen.s3 ;
- c = sehen.c
- } ;
-
---2 Relative pronouns and relative clauses
---
--- Relative pronouns are inflected in
--- gender, number, and case just like adjectives.
-
-oper
- identRelPron : RelPron = relPron ;
-
- funRelPron : Function -> RelPron -> RelPron = \wert, der ->
- {s = \\gn,c => let {nu = numGenNum gn} in
- artDef ! gNumber wert.g nu ! c ++ wert.s ! Weak ! nu ! c ++
- wert.s2 ++ der.s ! gn ! wert.c
- } ;
-
--- Relative clauses can be formed from both verb phrases ("der schläft") and
--- slash expressions ("den ich sehe", "auf dem ich sitze").
-
- RelClause : Type = {s : GenNum => Str} ;
-
- relVerbPhrase : RelPron -> VerbPhrase -> RelClause = \der, geht ->
- {s = \\gn => (predVerbPhrase (normalNounPhrase (der.s ! gn) (numGenNum gn))
- geht
- ).s ! Sub
- } ;
-
- relSlash : RelPron -> SentenceSlashNounPhrase -> RelClause = \den, ichSehe ->
- {s = \\gn => ichSehe.s2 ++ den.s ! gn ! ichSehe.c ++ ichSehe.s ! Sub
- } ;
-
--- A 'degenerate' relative clause is the one often used in mathematics, e.g.
--- "Zahl x derart, dass x gerade ist".
-
- relSuch : Sentence -> RelClause = \A ->
- {s = \\_ => "derart" ++ "dass" ++ A.s ! Sub} ;
-
--- The main use of relative clauses is to modify common nouns.
--- The result is a common noun, out of which noun phrases can be formed
--- by determiners. A comma is used before the relative clause.
-
- modRelClause : CommNounPhrase -> RelClause -> CommNounPhrase = \mann,dergeht ->
- {s = \\a,n,c => mann.s ! a ! n ! c ++ "," ++ dergeht.s ! gNumber mann.g n ;
- g = mann.g
- } ;
-
-
---2 Interrogative pronouns
---
--- If relative pronouns are adjective-like, interrogative pronouns are
--- noun-phrase-like. We use a simplified type, since we don't need the possessive
--- forms.
-
- IntPron : Type = ProperName ** {n : Number} ;
-
--- In analogy with relative pronouns, we have a rule for applying a function
--- to a relative pronoun to create a new one.
-
- funIntPron : Function -> IntPron -> IntPron = \wert, wer ->
- let {n = wer.n} in
- {s = \\c =>
- artDef ! gNumber wert.g n ! c ++ wert.s ! Weak ! n ! c ++
- wert.s2 ++ wer.s ! wert.c ;
- n = n
- } ;
-
--- There is a variety of simple interrogative pronouns:
--- "welches Haus", "wer", "was".
-
- nounIntPron : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> IntPron = \n,cn ->
- let {np = detNounPhrase (welchDet n) cn} in
- {s = \\c => np.s ! NPCase c ;
- n = np.n} ;
-
- intPronWho : Number -> IntPron = \num -> {
- s = caselist "wer" "wen" "wem" "weren" ;
- n = num
- } ;
-
- intPronWhat : Number -> IntPron = \num -> {
- s = caselist "was" "was" nonExist nonExist ; ---
- n = num
- } ;
-
-
-
---2 Utterances
-
--- By utterances we mean whole phrases, such as
--- 'can be used as moves in a language game': indicatives, questions, imperative,
--- and one-word utterances. The rules are far from complete.
---
--- N.B. we have not included rules for texts, which we find we cannot say much
--- about on this level. In semantically rich GF grammars, texts, dialogues, etc,
--- will of course play an important role as categories not reducible to utterances.
--- An example is proof texts, whose semantics show a dependence between premises
--- and conclusions. Another example is intersentential anaphora.
-
- Utterance = SS ;
-
- indicUtt : Sentence -> Utterance = \x -> ss (x.s ! Main ++ ".") ;
- interrogUtt : Question -> Utterance = \x -> ss (x.s ! DirQ ++ "?") ;
-
-
---2 Questions
---
--- Questions are either direct ("bist du müde") or indirect
--- ("ob du müde bist").
-
-param
- QuestForm = DirQ | IndirQ ;
-
-oper
- Question = SS1 QuestForm ;
-
---3 Yes-no questions
---
--- Yes-no questions are used both independently ("bist du müde")
--- and after interrogative adverbials ("warum bist du müde").
--- It is economical to handle with these two cases by the one
--- rule, $questVerbPhrase'$. The only difference is if "ob" appears
--- in the indirect form.
-
- questVerbPhrase : NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Question =
- questVerbPhrase' False ;
-
- questVerbPhrase' : Bool -> NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Question =
- \adv, du,gehst ->
- let {dugehst = (predVerbPhrase du gehst).s} in
- {s = table {
- DirQ => dugehst ! Inv ;
- IndirQ => (if_then_else Str adv [] "ob") ++ dugehst ! Sub
- }
- } ;
-
-
---3 Wh-questions
---
--- Wh-questions are of two kinds: ones that are like $NP - VP$ sentences,
--- others that are line $S/NP - NP$ sentences.
-
- intVerbPhrase : IntPron -> VerbPhrase -> Question = \Wer,geht ->
- let {wer : NounPhrase = normalNounPhrase Wer.s Wer.n ;
- wergeht : Sentence = predVerbPhrase wer geht
- } in
- {s = table {
- DirQ => wergeht.s ! Main ;
- IndirQ => wergeht.s ! Sub
- }
- } ;
-
- intSlash : IntPron -> SentenceSlashNounPhrase -> Question = \wer, ichSehe ->
- let {zuwen = ichSehe.s2 ++ wer.s ! ichSehe.c} in
- {s = table {
- DirQ => zuwen ++ ichSehe.s ! Inv ;
- IndirQ => zuwen ++ ichSehe.s ! Sub
- }
- } ;
-
-
---3 Interrogative adverbials
---
--- These adverbials will be defined in the lexicon: they include
--- "wann", "war", "wie", "warum", etc, which are all invariant one-word
--- expressions. In addition, they can be formed by adding prepositions
--- to interrogative pronouns, in the same way as adverbials are formed
--- from noun phrases.
-
- IntAdverb = SS ;
-
- prepIntAdverb : Case -> Preposition -> IntPron -> IntAdverb =\ c,auf,wem ->
- ss (auf ++ wem.s ! c) ;
-
--- A question adverbial can be applied to anything, and whether this makes
--- sense is a semantic question.
-
- questAdverbial : IntAdverb -> NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Question =
- \wie, du, tust ->
- {s = \\q => wie.s ++ (questVerbPhrase du tust).s ! q} ;
-
-
---2 Imperatives
---
--- We only consider second-person imperatives. No polite "Sie" form so far.
-
- Imperative = SS1 Number ;
-
- imperVerbPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Imperative = \komm ->
- {s = \\n => komm.s ! VImp n ++ komm.s3 ! n ++ komm.s2 ++ komm.s4} ;
-
- imperUtterance : Number -> Imperative -> Utterance = \n,I ->
- ss (I.s ! n ++ "!") ;
-
---2 Sentence adverbials
---
--- This class covers adverbials such as "sonst", "deshalb", which are prefixed
--- to a sentence to form a phrase; the sentence gets inverted word order.
-
- advSentence : Adverb -> Sentence -> Utterance = \sonst,ist1gerade ->
- ss (sonst.s ++ ist1gerade.s ! Inv ++ ".") ;
-
---2 Coordination
---
--- Coordination is to some extent orthogonal to the rest of syntax, and
--- has been treated in a generic way in the module $CO$ in the file
--- $coordination.gf$. The overall structure is independent of category,
--- but there can be differences in parameter dependencies.
---
---3 Conjunctions
---
--- Coordinated phrases are built by using conjunctions, which are either
--- simple ("und", "oder") or distributed ("sowohl - als auch", "entweder - oder").
---
--- The conjunction has an inherent number, which is used when conjoining
--- noun phrases: "John und Mary sind..." vs. "John oder Mary ist..."; in the
--- case of "oder", the result is however plural if any of the disjuncts is.
-
- Conjunction = CO.Conjunction ** {n : Number} ;
- ConjunctionDistr = CO.ConjunctionDistr ** {n : Number} ;
-
-
---3 Coordinating sentences
---
--- We need a category of lists of sentences. It is a discontinuous
--- category, the parts corresponding to 'init' and 'last' segments
--- (rather than 'head' and 'tail', because we have to keep track of the slot between
--- the last two elements of the list). A list has at least two elements.
-
- ListSentence : Type = {s1,s2 : Order => Str} ;
-
- twoSentence : (_,_ : Sentence) -> ListSentence =
- CO.twoTable Order ;
-
- consSentence : ListSentence -> Sentence -> ListSentence =
- CO.consTable Order CO.comma ;
-
--- To coordinate a list of sentences by a simple conjunction, we place
--- it between the last two elements; commas are put in the other slots,
--- e.g. "du rauchst, er trinkt und ich esse".
-
- conjunctSentence : Conjunction -> ListSentence -> Sentence =
- CO.conjunctTable Order ;
-
--- To coordinate a list of sentences by a distributed conjunction, we place
--- the first part (e.g. "entweder") in front of the first element, the second
--- part ("oder") between the last two elements, and commas in the other slots.
--- For sentences this is really not used.
-
- conjunctDistrSentence : ConjunctionDistr -> ListSentence -> Sentence =
- CO.conjunctDistrTable Order ;
-
---3 Coordinating adjective phrases
---
--- The structure is the same as for sentences. The result is a prefix adjective
--- if and only if all elements are prefix.
-
- ListAdjPhrase : Type =
- {s1,s2 : AForm => Str ; p : Bool} ;
-
- twoAdjPhrase : (_,_ : AdjPhrase) -> ListAdjPhrase = \x,y ->
- CO.twoTable AForm x y ** {p = andB x.p y.p} ;
- consAdjPhrase : ListAdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase -> ListAdjPhrase = \xs,x ->
- CO.consTable AForm CO.comma xs x ** {p = andB xs.p x.p} ;
-
- conjunctAdjPhrase : Conjunction -> ListAdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \c,xs ->
- CO.conjunctTable AForm c xs ** {p = xs.p} ;
-
- conjunctDistrAdjPhrase : ConjunctionDistr -> ListAdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \c,xs ->
- CO.conjunctDistrTable AForm c xs ** {p = xs.p} ;
-
-
-
---3 Coordinating noun phrases
---
--- The structure is the same as for sentences. The result is either always plural
--- or plural if any of the components is, depending on the conjunction.
--- The result is a pronoun if all components are.
-
- ListNounPhrase : Type =
- {s1,s2 : NPForm => Str ; n : Number ; p : Person ; pro : Bool} ;
-
- twoNounPhrase : (_,_ : NounPhrase) -> ListNounPhrase = \x,y ->
- CO.twoTable NPForm x y **
- {n = conjNumber x.n y.n ; p = conjPerson x.p y.p ; pro = andB x.pro y.pro} ;
-
- consNounPhrase : ListNounPhrase -> NounPhrase -> ListNounPhrase = \xs,x ->
- CO.consTable NPForm CO.comma xs x **
- {n = conjNumber xs.n x.n ; p = conjPerson xs.p x.p ; pro = andB xs.pro x.pro} ;
-
- conjunctNounPhrase : Conjunction -> ListNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \c,xs ->
- CO.conjunctTable NPForm c xs **
- {n = conjNumber c.n xs.n ; p = xs.p ; pro = xs.pro} ;
-
- conjunctDistrNounPhrase : ConjunctionDistr -> ListNounPhrase -> NounPhrase =
- \c,xs ->
- CO.conjunctDistrTable NPForm c xs **
- {n = conjNumber c.n xs.n ; p = xs.p ; pro = xs.pro} ;
-
--- We have to define a calculus of numbers of persons. For numbers,
--- it is like the conjunction with $Pl$ corresponding to $False$.
-
- conjNumber : Number -> Number -> Number = \m,n -> case <m,n> of {
- <Sg,Sg> => Sg ;
- _ => Pl
- } ;
-
--- For persons, we go in the descending order:
--- "ich und dich sind stark", "er oder du bist stark".
--- This is not always quite clear.
-
- conjPerson : Person -> Person -> Person = \p,q -> case <p,q> of {
- <P3,P3> => P3 ;
- <P1,_> => P1 ;
- <_,P1> => P1 ;
- _ => P2
- } ;
-
-
---2 Subjunction
---
--- Subjunctions ("wenn", "falls", etc)
--- are a different way to combine sentences than conjunctions.
--- The main clause can be a sentences, an imperatives, or a question,
--- but the subjoined clause must be a sentence.
-
- Subjunction = SS ;
-
- subjunctSentence : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Sentence -> Sentence = \if, A, B ->
- let {As = A.s ! Sub} in
- {s = table {
- Main => variants {if.s ++ As ++ "," ++ B.s ! Inv ;
- B.s ! Main ++ "," ++ if.s ++ As} ;
- o => B.s ! o ++ "," ++ if.s ++ As
- }
- } ;
-
- subjunctImperative : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Imperative -> Imperative =
- \if, A, B ->
- {s = \\n => subjunctVariants if A (B.s ! n)} ;
-
- subjunctQuestion : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Question -> Question = \if, A, B ->
- {s = \\q => subjunctVariants if A (B.s ! q)} ;
-
--- There are uniformly two variant word orders, e.g.
--- "wenn du rauchst, werde ish böse"
--- and "ich werde böse, wenn du rauchst".
-
- subjunctVariants : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Str -> Str = \if,A,B ->
- let {As = A.s ! Sub} in
- variants {if.s ++ As ++ "," ++ B ; B ++ "," ++ if.s ++ As} ;
-
--- Subjunctions can be used for building adverbials, which can modify verb phrases
--- ("ich lache wenn ich gehe und singe wenn ich laufe"). , noun phrases, etc.
--- For reasons of word order, we treat this separately from other adverbials,
--- but this could be remedied by an extra parameter in adverbials.
-
- subjunctVerbPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Subjunction -> Sentence -> VerbPhrase =
- \ruft,wenn,ergeht ->
- {s = ruft.s ;
- s2 = ruft.s2 ;
- s3 = ruft.s3 ;
- s4 = ruft.s4 ++ "," ++ wenn.s ++ ergeht.s ! Sub
- } ;
-
---2 One-word utterances
---
--- An utterance can consist of one phrase of almost any category,
--- the limiting case being one-word utterances. These
--- utterances are often (but not always) in what can be called the
--- default form of a category, e.g. the nominative.
--- This list is far from exhaustive.
-
- useNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> Utterance = \john ->
- postfixSS "." (defaultNounPhrase john) ;
- useCommonNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> Utterance = \n,car ->
- useNounPhrase (indefNounPhrase n car) ;
-
--- Here are some default forms.
-
- defaultNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> SS = \john ->
- ss (john.s ! NPCase Nom) ;
-
- defaultQuestion : Question -> SS = \whoareyou ->
- ss (whoareyou.s ! DirQ) ;
-
- defaultSentence : Sentence -> Utterance = \x -> ss (x.s ! Main) ;
-
---3 Puzzle
---
--- Adding some lexicon, we can generate the sentence
---
--- "der grösste alte Mann ist nicht ein Auto auf die Mutter von dem Männer warten"
---
--- which looks completely ungrammatical! What you should do to decipher it is
--- put parentheses around "auf die Mutter von dem".
-
-} ;