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| author | aarne <aarne@chalmers.se> | 2009-06-22 15:39:08 +0000 |
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| committer | aarne <aarne@chalmers.se> | 2009-06-22 15:39:08 +0000 |
| commit | e89fdae2fa1626348d8025824a7469252fa85e42 (patch) | |
| tree | c7d46bbd0494043b4bd6f917a25a7687517d0547 /next-lib/src/abstract/Verb.gf | |
| parent | 3049b59b35b25381a7c6787444165c200d66e08b (diff) | |
next-lib renamed to lib, lib to old-lib
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diff --git a/next-lib/src/abstract/Verb.gf b/next-lib/src/abstract/Verb.gf deleted file mode 100644 index c1462acc7..000000000 --- a/next-lib/src/abstract/Verb.gf +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ ---1 The construction of verb phrases - -abstract Verb = Cat ** { - ---2 Complementization rules - --- Verb phrases are constructed from verbs by providing their --- complements. There is one rule for each verb category. - - fun - UseV : V -> VP ; -- sleep - - ComplVV : VV -> VP -> VP ; -- want to run - ComplVS : VS -> S -> VP ; -- say that she runs - ComplVQ : VQ -> QS -> VP ; -- wonder who runs - ComplVA : VA -> AP -> VP ; -- they become red - - SlashV2a : V2 -> VPSlash ; -- love (it) - Slash2V3 : V3 -> NP -> VPSlash ; -- give it (to her) - Slash3V3 : V3 -> NP -> VPSlash ; -- give (it) to her - - SlashV2V : V2V -> VP -> VPSlash ; -- beg (her) to go - SlashV2S : V2S -> S -> VPSlash ; -- answer (to him) that it is good - SlashV2Q : V2Q -> QS -> VPSlash ; -- ask (him) who came - SlashV2A : V2A -> AP -> VPSlash ; -- paint (it) red - - ComplSlash : VPSlash -> NP -> VP ; -- love it - - SlashVV : VV -> VPSlash -> VPSlash ; -- want to buy - SlashV2VNP : V2V -> NP -> VPSlash -> VPSlash ; -- beg me to buy - ---2 Other ways of forming verb phrases - --- Verb phrases can also be constructed reflexively and from --- copula-preceded complements. - - ReflVP : VPSlash -> VP ; -- love himself - UseComp : Comp -> VP ; -- be warm - --- Passivization of two-place verbs is another way to use --- them. In many languages, the result is a participle that --- is used as complement to a copula ("is used"), but other --- auxiliary verbs are possible (Ger. "wird angewendet", It. --- "viene usato"), as well as special verb forms (Fin. "käytetään", --- Swe. "används"). --- --- *Note*. the rule can be overgenerating, since the $V2$ need not --- take a direct object. - - PassV2 : V2 -> VP ; -- be loved - --- Adverbs can be added to verb phrases. Many languages make --- a distinction between adverbs that are attached in the end --- vs. next to (or before) the verb. - - AdvVP : VP -> Adv -> VP ; -- sleep here - AdVVP : AdV -> VP -> VP ; -- always sleep - --- *Agents of passives* are constructed as adverbs with the --- preposition [Structural Structural.html]$.8agent_Prep$. - - ---2 Complements to copula - --- Adjectival phrases, noun phrases, and adverbs can be used. - - CompAP : AP -> Comp ; -- (be) small - CompNP : NP -> Comp ; -- (be) a man - CompAdv : Adv -> Comp ; -- (be) here - -} |
