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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 ;
    }