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diff --git a/deprecated/old-lib/resource/abstract/Question.gf b/deprecated/old-lib/resource/abstract/Question.gf new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6b2e3c01d --- /dev/null +++ b/deprecated/old-lib/resource/abstract/Question.gf @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--1 Question: Questions and Interrogative Pronouns + +abstract Question = Cat ** { + +-- A question can be formed from a clause ('yes-no question') or +-- with an interrogative. + + fun + QuestCl : Cl -> QCl ; -- does John walk + QuestVP : IP -> VP -> QCl ; -- who walks + QuestSlash : IP -> ClSlash -> QCl ; -- whom does John love + QuestIAdv : IAdv -> Cl -> QCl ; -- why does John walk + QuestIComp : IComp -> NP -> QCl ; -- where is John + +-- Interrogative pronouns can be formed with interrogative +-- determiners, with or without a noun. + + IdetCN : IDet -> CN -> IP ; -- which five songs + IdetIP : IDet -> IP ; -- which five + +-- They can be modified with adverbs. + + AdvIP : IP -> Adv -> IP ; -- who in Paris + +-- Interrogative quantifiers have number forms and can take number modifiers. + + IdetQuant : IQuant -> Num -> IDet ; -- which (five) + +-- Interrogative adverbs can be formed prepositionally. + + PrepIP : Prep -> IP -> IAdv ; -- with whom + +-- Interrogative complements to copulas can be both adverbs and +-- pronouns. + + CompIAdv : IAdv -> IComp ; -- where (is it) + CompIP : IP -> IComp ; -- who (is it) + +-- More $IP$, $IDet$, and $IAdv$ are defined in $Structural$. + +} |
