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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 |
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diff --git a/old-lib/resource/abstract/Cat.gf b/old-lib/resource/abstract/Cat.gf new file mode 100644 index 000000000..23b8f3b0e --- /dev/null +++ b/old-lib/resource/abstract/Cat.gf @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +--1 Cat: the Category System + +-- The category system is central to the library in the sense +-- that the other modules ($Adjective$, $Adverb$, $Noun$, $Verb$ etc) +-- communicate through it. This means that a e.g. a function using +-- $NP$s in $Verb$ need not know how $NP$s are constructed in $Noun$: +-- it is enough that both $Verb$ and $Noun$ use the same type $NP$, +-- which is given here in $Cat$. +-- +-- Some categories are inherited from [``Common`` Common.html]. +-- The reason they are defined there is that they have the same +-- implementation in all languages in the resource (typically, +-- just a string). These categories are +-- $AdA, AdN, AdV, Adv, Ant, CAdv, IAdv, PConj, Phr$, +-- $Pol, SC, Tense, Text, Utt, Voc$. +-- +-- Moreover, the list categories $ListAdv, ListAP, ListNP, ListS$ +-- are defined on $Conjunction$ and only used locally there. + + +abstract Cat = Common ** { + + cat + +--2 Sentences and clauses + +-- Constructed in [Sentence Sentence.html], and also in +-- [Idiom Idiom.html]. + + S ; -- declarative sentence e.g. "she lived here" + QS ; -- question e.g. "where did she live" + RS ; -- relative e.g. "in which she lived" + Cl ; -- declarative clause, with all tenses e.g. "she looks at this" + ClSlash;-- clause missing NP (S/NP in GPSG) e.g. "she looks at" + SSlash ;-- sentence missing NP e.g. "she has looked at" + Imp ; -- imperative e.g. "look at this" + +--2 Questions and interrogatives + +-- Constructed in [Question Question.html]. + + QCl ; -- question clause, with all tenses e.g. "why does she walk" + IP ; -- interrogative pronoun e.g. "who" + IComp ; -- interrogative complement of copula e.g. "where" + IDet ; -- interrogative determiner e.g. "how many" + IQuant; -- interrogative quantifier e.g. "which" + +--2 Relative clauses and pronouns + +-- Constructed in [Relative Relative.html]. + + RCl ; -- relative clause, with all tenses e.g. "in which she lives" + RP ; -- relative pronoun e.g. "in which" + +--2 Verb phrases + +-- Constructed in [Verb Verb.html]. + + VP ; -- verb phrase e.g. "is very warm" + Comp ; -- complement of copula, such as AP e.g. "very warm" + VPSlash ; -- verb phrase missing complement e.g. "give to John" + +--2 Adjectival phrases + +-- Constructed in [Adjective Adjective.html]. + + AP ; -- adjectival phrase e.g. "very warm" + +--2 Nouns and noun phrases + +-- Constructed in [Noun Noun.html]. +-- Many atomic noun phrases e.g. "everybody" +-- are constructed in [Structural Structural.html]. +-- The determiner structure is +-- ``` Predet (QuantSg | QuantPl Num) Ord +-- as defined in [Noun Noun.html]. + + CN ; -- common noun (without determiner) e.g. "red house" + NP ; -- noun phrase (subject or object) e.g. "the red house" + Pron ; -- personal pronoun e.g. "she" + Det ; -- determiner phrase e.g. "those seven" + Predet ; -- predeterminer (prefixed Quant) e.g. "all" + Quant ; -- quantifier ('nucleus' of Det) e.g. "this/these" + Art ; -- article e.g. "the" + Num ; -- number determining element e.g. "seven" + Card ; -- cardinal number e.g. "seven" + Ord ; -- ordinal number (used in Det) e.g. "seventh" + +--2 Numerals + +-- Constructed in [Numeral Numeral.html]. + + Numeral ; -- cardinal or ordinal in words e.g. "five/fifth" + Digits ; -- cardinal or ordinal in digits e.g. "1,000/1,000th" + +--2 Structural words + +-- Constructed in [Structural Structural.html]. + + Conj ; -- conjunction e.g. "and" +---b DConj ; -- distributed conjunction e.g. "both - and" + Subj ; -- subjunction e.g. "if" + Prep ; -- preposition, or just case e.g. "in" + +--2 Words of open classes + +-- These are constructed in [Lexicon Lexicon.html] and in +-- additional lexicon modules. + + V ; -- one-place verb e.g. "sleep" + V2 ; -- two-place verb e.g. "love" + V3 ; -- three-place verb e.g. "show" + VV ; -- verb-phrase-complement verb e.g. "want" + VS ; -- sentence-complement verb e.g. "claim" + VQ ; -- question-complement verb e.g. "wonder" + VA ; -- adjective-complement verb e.g. "look" + V2V ; -- verb with NP and V complement e.g. "cause" + V2S ; -- verb with NP and S complement e.g. "tell" + V2Q ; -- verb with NP and Q complement e.g. "ask" + V2A ; -- verb with NP and AP complement e.g. "paint" + + A ; -- one-place adjective e.g. "warm" + A2 ; -- two-place adjective e.g. "divisible" + + N ; -- common noun e.g. "house" + N2 ; -- relational noun e.g. "son" + N3 ; -- three-place relational noun e.g. "connection" + PN ; -- proper name e.g. "Paris" + +-- DEPRECATED: QuantSg, QuantPl +--- QuantSg ;-- quantifier ('nucleus' of sing. Det) e.g. "every" +--- QuantPl ;-- quantifier ('nucleus' of plur. Det) e.g. "many" + +} |
