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| author | bjorn <bjorn@bringert.net> | 2008-08-14 07:58:04 +0000 |
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Remove the grammars directory. It was full of old grammars that don't compile these days. See the old source distributions if you want them.
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diff --git a/grammars/resource/german/Syntax.gf b/grammars/resource/german/Syntax.gf deleted file mode 100644 index afaf1ad86..000000000 --- a/grammars/resource/german/Syntax.gf +++ /dev/null @@ -1,969 +0,0 @@ ---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". - -} ; |
