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abstract Demonstrative = Cat, PredefAbs ** {
Naming convention: M prepended to 'unimodal' names.
Exceptions: lexical units, those without unimodal counterparts.
cat
MS ; -- multimodal sentence or question
MQS ; -- multimodal wh question
MImp ; -- multimodal imperative
MVP ; -- multimodal verb phrase
MComp ; -- multimodal complement to copula (MAP, MNP, MAdv)
MAP ; -- multimodal adjectival phrase
MNP ; -- multimodal (demonstrative) noun phrase
MAdv ; -- multimodal (demonstrative) adverbial
Point ; -- pointing gesture
fun
A pointing gesture is constructed from a string.
MkPoint : String -> Point ;
Construction of sentences, questions, and imperatives.
MPredVP : MNP -> MVP -> MS ; -- he flies here
MQPredVP : MNP -> MVP -> MQS ; -- does he fly here
MQuestVP : IP -> MVP -> MQS ; -- who flies here
MImpVP : MVP -> MImp ; -- fly here!
Construction of verb phrases from verb + complements.
MUseV : V -> MVP ; -- flies (here)
MComplV2 : V2 -> MNP -> MVP ; -- takes this (here)
MComplVV : VV -> MVP -> MVP ; -- wants to fly (here)
MUseComp : MComp -> MVP ; -- is here ; is bigger than this
MCompAP : MAP -> MComp ; -- bigger than this
MCompNP : MNP -> MComp ; -- the price of this
MCompAdv : MAdv -> MComp ; -- here
MPositA : A -> MAP ; -- big
MComparA : A -> MNP -> MAP ; -- bigger than this
Adverbial modification of a verb phrase.
MAdvVP : MVP -> MAdv -> MVP ; -- fly here
Demonstrative pronouns as NPs and determiners.
this_MNP : Point -> MNP ; -- this
that_MNP : Point -> MNP ; -- that
thisDet_MNP : CN -> Point -> MNP ; -- this car
thatDet_MNP : CN -> Point -> MNP ; -- that car
Demonstrative adverbs.
here_MAdv : Point -> MAdv ; -- here
here7from_MAdv : Point -> MAdv ; -- from here
here7to_MAdv : Point -> MAdv ; -- to here
Building an adverb as prepositional phrase.
MPrepNP : Prep -> MNP -> MAdv ; -- in this car
Using ordinary categories. Mounting nondemonstrative expressions.
DemNP : NP -> MNP ;
DemAdv : Adv -> MAdv ;
Top-level phrases.
PhrMS : Pol -> MS -> Phr ;
PhrMS : Pol -> MS -> Phr ;
PhrMQS : Pol -> MQS -> Phr ;
PhrMImp : Pol -> MImp -> Phr ;
For testing and example-based grammar writing.
point1, point2 : Point ;
x_MAdv, y_MAdv : MAdv ;
}