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diff --git a/next-lib/src/abstract/Sentence.gf b/next-lib/src/abstract/Sentence.gf deleted file mode 100644 index 903567ea1..000000000 --- a/next-lib/src/abstract/Sentence.gf +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ ---1 Sentence: Sentences, Clauses, and Imperatives - -abstract Sentence = Cat ** { - ---2 Clauses - --- The $NP VP$ predication rule form a clause whose linearization --- gives a table of all tense variants, positive and negative. --- Clauses are converted to $S$ (with fixed tense) with the --- $UseCl$ function below. - - fun - PredVP : NP -> VP -> Cl ; -- John walks - --- Using an embedded sentence as a subject is treated separately. --- This can be overgenerating. E.g. "whether you go" as subject --- is only meaningful for some verb phrases. - - PredSCVP : SC -> VP -> Cl ; -- that she goes is good - ---2 Clauses missing object noun phrases - --- This category is a variant of the 'slash category' $S/NP$ of --- GPSG and categorial grammars, which in turn replaces --- movement transformations in the formation of questions --- and relative clauses. Except $SlashV2$, the construction --- rules can be seen as special cases of function composition, in --- the style of CCG. --- *Note* the set is not complete and lacks e.g. verbs with more than 2 places. - - SlashVP : NP -> VPSlash -> ClSlash ; -- (whom) he sees - AdvSlash : ClSlash -> Adv -> ClSlash ; -- (whom) he sees today - SlashPrep : Cl -> Prep -> ClSlash ; -- (with whom) he walks - SlashVS : NP -> VS -> SSlash -> ClSlash ; -- (whom) she says that he loves - ---2 Imperatives - --- An imperative is straightforwardly formed from a verb phrase. --- It has variation over positive and negative, singular and plural. --- To fix these parameters, see [Phrase Phrase.html]. - - ImpVP : VP -> Imp ; -- love yourselves - ---2 Embedded sentences - --- Sentences, questions, and infinitival phrases can be used as --- subjects and (adverbial) complements. - - EmbedS : S -> SC ; -- that she goes - EmbedQS : QS -> SC ; -- who goes - EmbedVP : VP -> SC ; -- to go - ---2 Sentences - --- These are the 2 x 4 x 4 = 16 forms generated by different --- combinations of tense, polarity, and --- anteriority, which are defined in [``Common`` Common.html]. - - fun - UseCl : Temp -> Pol -> Cl -> S ; - UseQCl : Temp -> Pol -> QCl -> QS ; - UseRCl : Temp -> Pol -> RCl -> RS ; - UseSlash : Temp -> Pol -> ClSlash -> SSlash ; - --- An adverb can be added to the beginning of a sentence. - - AdvS : Adv -> S -> S ; -- today, I will go home - --- A sentence can be modified by a relative clause referring to its contents. - - RelS : S -> RS -> S ; -- she sleeps, which is good - ----- A sentence can also be post-modified by a subjunct sentence. - ----- ModSubjS : S -> Subj -> S -> S ; -- she sleeps, because she is old ----- cf. Adverb.SubjS - -} - ---. - --- Examples for English $S$/$Cl$: -{- - Pres Simul Pos ODir : he sleeps - Pres Simul Neg ODir : he doesn't sleep - Pres Anter Pos ODir : he has slept - Pres Anter Neg ODir : he hasn't slept - Past Simul Pos ODir : he slept - Past Simul Neg ODir : he didn't sleep - Past Anter Pos ODir : he had slept - Past Anter Neg ODir : he hadn't slept - Fut Simul Pos ODir : he will sleep - Fut Simul Neg ODir : he won't sleep - Fut Anter Pos ODir : he will have slept - Fut Anter Neg ODir : he won't have slept - Cond Simul Pos ODir : he would sleep - Cond Simul Neg ODir : he wouldn't sleep - Cond Anter Pos ODir : he would have slept - Cond Anter Neg ODir : he wouldn't have slept --} |