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--2 Implementations of Words, with English as example

concrete WordsEng of Words = SentencesEng ** 
    open 
      SyntaxEng, 
      ParadigmsEng, 
      (L = LexiconEng), 
      (P = ParadigmsEng), 
      IrregEng, 
      ExtraEng, 
      Prelude in {
  lin

-- Kinds; many of them are in the resource lexicon, others can be built by $mkN$.

    Apple = mkCN L.apple_N ;
    Beer = mkCN L.beer_N ;
    Bread = mkCN L.bread_N ;
    Cheese = mkCN (mkN "cheese") ;
    Chicken = mkCN (mkN "chicken") ;
    Coffee = mkCN (mkN "coffee") ;
    Fish = mkCN L.fish_N ;
    Meat = mkCN (mkN "meat") ;
    Milk = mkCN L.milk_N ;
    Pizza = mkCN (mkN "pizza") ;
    Salt = mkCN L.salt_N ;
    Tea = mkCN (mkN "tea") ;
    Water = mkCN L.water_N ;
    Wine = mkCN L.wine_N ;

-- Properties; many of them are in the resource lexicon, others can be built by $mkA$.

    Bad = L.bad_A ;
    Boring = mkA "boring" ;
    Cheap = mkA "cheap" ;
    Cold = L.cold_A ;
    Delicious = mkA "delicious" ;
    Expensive = mkA "expensive" ;
    Fresh = mkA "fresh" ;
    Good = L.good_A ;
    Suspect = mkA "suspect" ;
    Warm = L.warm_A ;

-- Places require different prepositions to express location; in some languages 
-- also the directional preposition varies, but in English we use $to$, as
-- defined by $mkPlace$.

    Airport = mkPlace "airport" "at" ;
    Bar = mkPlace "bar" "in" ;
    Church = mkPlace "church" "in" ;
    Cinema = mkPlace "cinema" "at" ;
    Hospital = mkPlace "hospital" "in" ;
    Hotel = mkPlace "hotel" "in" ;
    Museum = mkPlace "museum" "in" ;
    Park = mkPlace "park" "in" ;
    Restaurant = mkPlace "restaurant" "in" ;
    School = mkPlace "school" "at" ;
    Shop = mkPlace "shop" "in" ;
    Station = mkPlace "station" "at" ;
    Theatre = mkPlace "theatre" "at" ;
    Toilet = mkPlace "toilet" "in" ;
    University = mkPlace "university" "at" ;

-- Currencies; $crown$ is ambiguous between Danish and Swedish crowns.

    DanishCrown = mkCN (mkA "Danish") (mkN "crown") | mkCN (mkN "crown") ;
    Dollar = mkCN (mkN "dollar") ;
    Euro = mkCN (mkN "euro" "euros") ; -- to prevent euroes
    Lei = mkCN (mkN "leu" "lei") ;
    SwedishCrown = mkCN (mkA "Swedish") (mkN "crown") | mkCN (mkN "crown") ;

-- Nationalities

    Belgian = mkA "Belgian" ;
    Belgium = mkNP (mkPN "Belgium") ;
    English = mkNat "English" "England" ;
    Finnish = mkNat "Finnish" "Finland" ;
    Flemish = mkNP (mkPN "Flemish") ;
    French = mkNat "French" "France" ; 
    Italian = mkNat "Italian" "Italy" ;
    Romanian = mkNat "Romanian" "Romania" ;
    Swedish = mkNat "Swedish" "Sweden" ;

-- Actions: the predication patterns are very often language-dependent.

    AHasAge p num = mkCl p.name (mkNP num L.year_N) ;
    AHasChildren p num = mkCl p.name have_V2 (mkNP num L.child_N) ;
    AHasRoom p num = mkCl p.name have_V2 
      (mkNP (mkNP a_Det (mkN "room")) (SyntaxEng.mkAdv for_Prep (mkNP num (mkN "person")))) ;
    AHasTable p num = mkCl p.name have_V2 
      (mkNP (mkNP a_Det (mkN "table")) (SyntaxEng.mkAdv for_Prep (mkNP num (mkN "person")))) ;
    AHasName p name = mkCl (nameOf p) name ;
    AHungry p = mkCl p.name (mkA "hungry") ;
    AIll p = mkCl p.name (mkA "ill") ;
    AKnow p = mkCl p.name IrregEng.know_V ;
    ALike p item = mkCl p.name (mkV2 (mkV "like")) item ;
    ALive p co = mkCl p.name (mkVP (mkVP (mkV "live")) (SyntaxEng.mkAdv in_Prep co)) ;
    ALove p q = mkCl p.name (mkV2 (mkV "love")) q.name ;
    AMarried p = mkCl p.name (mkA "married") ;
    AReady p = mkCl p.name (mkA "ready") ;
    AScared p = mkCl p.name (mkA "scared") ;
    ASpeak p lang = mkCl p.name  (mkV2 IrregEng.speak_V) lang ;
    AThirsty p = mkCl p.name (mkA "thirsty") ;
    ATired p = mkCl p.name (mkA "tired") ;
    AUnderstand p = mkCl p.name IrregEng.understand_V ;
    AWant p obj = mkCl p.name (mkV2 (mkV "want")) obj ;
    AWantGo p place = mkCl p.name want_VV (mkVP (mkVP IrregEng.go_V) place.to) ;

-- miscellaneous

    QWhatName p = mkQS (mkQCl whatSg_IP (mkVP (nameOf p))) ;
    QWhatAge p = mkQS (mkQCl (ICompAP (mkAP L.old_A)) p.name) ;
    HowMuchCost item = mkQS (mkQCl how8much_IAdv (mkCl item IrregEng.cost_V)) ; 
    ItCost item price = mkCl item (mkV2 IrregEng.cost_V) price ;

    PropOpen p = mkCl p.name open_Adv ;
    PropClosed p = mkCl p.name closed_Adv ;
    PropOpenDate p d = mkCl p.name (mkVP (mkVP open_Adv) d) ; 
    PropClosedDate p d = mkCl p.name (mkVP (mkVP closed_Adv) d) ; 
    PropOpenDay p d = mkCl p.name (mkVP (mkVP open_Adv) d.habitual) ; 
    PropClosedDay p d = mkCl p.name (mkVP (mkVP closed_Adv) d.habitual) ; 

-- Building phrases from strings is complicated: the solution is to use
-- mkText : Text -> Text -> Text ;

    PSeeYou d = mkText (lin Text (ss ("see you"))) (mkPhrase (mkUtt d)) ;
    PSeeYouPlace p d = 
      mkText (lin Text (ss ("see you"))) 
        (mkText (mkPhrase (mkUtt p.at)) (mkPhrase (mkUtt d))) ;

-- Relations are expressed as "my wife" or "my son's wife", as defined by $xOf$
-- below. Languages without productive genitives must use an equivalent of
-- "the wife of my son" for non-pronouns.

    Wife = xOf sing (mkN "wife") ;
    Husband = xOf sing (mkN "husband") ;
    Son = xOf sing (mkN "son") ;
    Daughter = xOf sing (mkN "daughter") ;
    Children = xOf plur L.child_N ;

-- week days

    Monday = mkDay "Monday" ;
    Tuesday = mkDay "Tuesday" ;
    Wednesday = mkDay "Wednesday" ;
    Thursday = mkDay "Thursday" ;
    Friday = mkDay "Friday" ;
    Saturday = mkDay "Saturday" ;
    Sunday = mkDay "Sunday" ;
 
    Tomorrow = P.mkAdv "tomorrow" ;

-- auxiliaries

  oper

    mkNat : Str -> Str -> NPNationality = \nat,co -> 
      mkNPNationality (mkNP (mkPN nat)) (mkNP (mkPN co)) (mkA nat) ;

    mkDay : Str -> {name : NP ; point : Adv ; habitual : Adv} = \d ->
      let day = mkNP (mkPN d) in 
      mkNPDay day (SyntaxEng.mkAdv on_Prep day) 
        (SyntaxEng.mkAdv on_Prep (mkNP a_Quant plNum (mkCN (mkN d)))) ;

    mkPlace : Str -> Str -> {name : CN ; at : Prep ; to : Prep} = \p,i -> 
      mkCNPlace (mkCN (mkN p)) (P.mkPrep i) to_Prep ;

    open_Adv = P.mkAdv "open" ;
    closed_Adv = P.mkAdv "closed" ;

    xOf : GNumber -> N -> NPPerson -> NPPerson = \n,x,p -> 
      relativePerson n (mkCN x) (\a,b,c -> mkNP (GenNP b) a c) p ;

    nameOf : NPPerson -> NP = \p -> (xOf sing (mkN "name") p).name ;

}